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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.
Panthea acronyctoides, the black zigzag or tufted spruce caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in North America from Newfoundland to British Columbia and adjacent northern states, south in the west to Colorado, south in the east to New England and Kentucky.
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]
The mature Western Tent caterpillar pre-pupa is 4-5 centimeters long. The caterpillars are black, grey, or white with an orange stripe running longitudinally across the body. There are blue-white lines on each segment with dispersed setae extruding from the body. Pupae are 2-2.5 centimeters and reddish-brown to black in colour. Pupae spin a ...
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 ...
For this species, the caterpillars hatch from around April until June, which is why you might be just starting to notice them. Then, throughout the next several stages, usually lasting between 30 ...
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.