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Calosoma sayi, also known as "Say's caterpillar hunter or "Black Caterpillar Hunter", [1] [2] is a species of ground beetle of the subfamily Carabinae. [3] It was described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1826. [3] A large, lustrous black beetle found throughout the United States, its habitat is fields and disturbed areas.
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. They produce a foul-smelling spray from glands near the tip of the abdomen.
Many other caterpillars, including Noctuidae and some kinds of processionary caterpillars, come out at night to feed, but hide again as soon as the sky begins to grow lighter. Some, for example Klugeana philoxalis , attack low-growing forbs such as Oxalis in the dark, and drop to the ground as soon as a light is flashed on them.
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 ]
It is currently peak season for the puss caterpillars, and even though they usually live at a safe distance high up on tree branches, reports of people being stung are on the rise. The one-inch ...
Lonomia obliqua is a species of saturniid moth ("giant silk moth") from South America. [1] It is famous for its larval form, rather than the adult moth, primarily because of the caterpillar's defense mechanism, urticating bristles that inject a potentially deadly venom.
The tomato hawkmoth is a beautiful creature and one of the largest moths in North America, but gardeners despise the caterpillars that wreak havoc on their vegetable patches. When Kristy planted ...
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