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Wilcox's Spring Caterpillar Hunter

Calosoma wilcoxi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 11, February 11, March 12, April 23, May 14, June 7, July 6, August 6, September 8, October 8, November 11, December 10.
United States917
Texas128
Kentucky76
Virginia74
Indiana72
New York55
Ohio53
Missouri50
Maryland47
West Virginia44

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

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