Insects › Ground Beetles
Snail Hunter
Cychrus caraboides
1,378 observations in the source records
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
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What the records say
- 1,378 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
Leather BeetleCarabus coriaceus
Cychrus italicus
Bronze Ground BeetleCarabus nemoralis
Cychrus semigranosus
Cychrus attenuatus
Narrow-collared Snail-eating BeetleScaphinotus angusticollis
smooth ground beetleCarabus glabratus
Violet ground beetleCarabus violaceus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 9,437 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 9,437 |
| United Kingdom | 223 |
| England | 155 |
| Germany | 105 |
| Russia | 96 |
| Denmark | 65 |
| Lithuania | 55 |
| Scotland | 54 |
| Poland | 43 |
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Beetles · Coleoptera |
| Family | Ground Beetles · Carabidae |
| Genus | Cychrus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Snail Hunter with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.