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Calosoma scrutator. Calosoma scrutator, commonly known as the fiery searcher and caterpillar hunter, [1] is a species of ground beetle belonging to the genus Calosoma.This beetle can be as large as 35 millimetres (1.4 in) long, [2] and is hence among the largest of the ground beetles found in North America. [3]
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Calosoma is a genus of large ground beetles that occur primarily throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and are referred to as caterpillar hunters or caterpillar searchers. Many of the 167 species are largely or entirely black, but some have bright metallic coloration.
Some run swiftly to catch their prey; tiger beetles (Cicindelinae) can sustain speeds of 9 km/h (5.6 mph) [10] – in relation to their body length they are among the fastest land animals on Earth. Unlike most Carabidae, which are nocturnal , the tiger beetles are active diurnal hunters and often brightly coloured; they have large eyes and hunt ...
Calosoma abbreviatum Chaudoir, 1869; Calosoma abyssinicum Gestro, 1881; Calosoma aethiopicum Breuning, 1927; Calosoma affine Chaudoir, 1843; Calosoma algiricum Géhin ...
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The conservators took x-ray and infrared images of "Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto," a portrait painted by a 19-year-old Picasso in 1901 depicting his Spanish sculptor friend, Mateu ...
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