Fiery searcher
The fiery searcher is a big ground beetle that shines like a jewel. Its back is bright metallic green with a reddish gold edge. It is a hungry hunter that gobbles up caterpillars.
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Fun facts
It is one of the biggest ground beetles in North America, up to 3,5 centimetres long.
It can climb trees to hunt caterpillars, but it spends most of its time on the ground.
It hunts mainly at night.
A grown-up fiery searcher can live up to 4 years.
Gardeners and farmers like it because it eats caterpillars that strip leaves off trees and crops.
Most asked questions about Fiery searcher
?Is the fiery searcher dangerous?
No, but it makes a very stinky oil if you handle it, so leave it be.
?What does the fiery searcher eat?
Caterpillars, especially ones that eat tree leaves and crops.
?How big is a fiery searcher?
It can grow up to 3,5 centimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Calosoma scrutator
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1775
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Caterpillar hunter
Where the facts come from
- Calosoma scrutator (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by David R. Maddison. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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