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Wrinkle-winged Calosoma

Calosoma marginale

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) fydnar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 82, February 79, March 90, April 170, May 104, June 51, July 45, August 47, September 68, October 90, November 77, December 75.
United States1,247
Texas935
Oklahoma201
Kansas53
Mexico20
Arizona15
New Mexico14
Colorado11
Missouri7
Nuevo Leon7

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

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