Calosoma sycophanta

Calosoma sycophanta

Taxobox
name = Forest Caterpillar Hunter


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
familia = Carabidae
genus = "Calosoma"
species = "C. sycophanta"
binomial = "Calosoma sycophanta"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

The Forest Caterpillar Hunter, "Calosoma sycophanta", is a large, bright green, metallic ground beetle that is native to Europe. In 1905 it was imported to New England for control of the Gypsy Moth. The species is a voracious consumer of caterpillars during both its larval stage and as an adult.

External links

wikispecies|Calosoma sycophanta* [http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/mbcn/kyf304.html Ground Beetles] , Susan Mahr,University of Wisconsin-Madison.
* [http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id81/ Forest Caterpillar Hunter] , BioLib.cz.


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