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Green Carab Beetle

Calosoma schayeri

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 18, February 25, March 73, April 65, May 11, June 4, July 5, August 27, September 109, October 114, November 74, December 38.
Australia563
Western Australia140
South Australia133
New South Wales129
Queensland80
Victoria48
Northern Territory24
Australian Capital Territory7
Tasmania2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyGround Beetles · Carabidae
GenusCaterpillar-hunter Beetles · Calosoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Green Carab Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.