New here and what is this?

[Sighthunter]

New here. I found this today. I live in the Flint Hills in Kansas and spend many hours in the field almost every day. I will be getting a more comprehensive field guide but some of the scarabs we find out here are not in the books. Here is a beetle my five year old daughter found today. It looks to be some type of predatory beetle.

 

[BeetleExperienc]

Calosoma scrutator: "Fiery Searcher"

That is a Calosoma scrutator, aka: "Fiery Searcher" or "Caterpillar Hunter". It is indeed predatory.


Calosoma scrutator


Steven

 

[Sighthunter]

Thank You for the prompt reply

I will try to give you something more challenging next post.

 

[beetleman]

hee hee yeah that was an easy 1! awesome beetle 1 of my favorites:clap:

 

[dtknow]

What kind of habitat do these like. Supposedly they occur here(they are nationwide in distribution) but I've never seen one, or a big ground beetle, recently.

 

[beetleman]

What kind of habitat do these like. Supposedly they occur here(they are nationwide in distribution) but I've never seen one, or a big ground beetle, recently.

they are scrubland/forest,they are pretty hardy i keep mine a tad little on the moist side.

 

[Black Widow88]

hee hee yeah that was an easy 1! awesome beetle 1 of my favorites:clap:

WHS! I was soooo hoping that I would beat everyone else by ID'ing it first! ;P

Black Widow88