Roaming Caterpillar Hunter

Calosoma vagans

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae

Calosoma vagans, the roaming caterpillar hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae. It was described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean. This species is found in Argentina, Chile and Peru, where it inhabits areas with cold winters.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Chile · 68Argentina · 3

Sources and credits

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