Lesser searcher beetle
The lesser searcher beetle is a shiny ground beetle that is a real caterpillar hunter. Unlike many ground beetles, it flies well and climbs up into bushes and trees to search for food. When it feels threatened, it lifts up its front and opens its jaws wide.
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Fun facts
If danger comes, it may let itself drop to the ground, then lift its front body and spread its jaws to look scary.
A mother beetle lays about 50 eggs.
Its larvae live in the ground, hunt for food and grow up very quickly.
New beetles appear in June, but then they rest in the ground until the next spring.
Most asked questions about Lesser searcher beetle
?What does the lesser searcher beetle eat?
Other insects, especially caterpillars of moths and butterflies.
?Can the lesser searcher beetle fly?
Yes. It flies well and also climbs bushes and trees.
?Is the lesser searcher beetle dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people, though it may pinch if it is held.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Calosoma inquisitor
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
- Also known as
- Caterpillar-hunter
Where the facts come from
- Calosoma inquisitor (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 Heinonlein. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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