California warrior beetle
Pasimachus californicus
The California warrior beetle is a ground beetle that lives in oak woods. It is a strong hunter that runs on the ground looking for insects and caterpillars. People call it a helpful insect, because it eats other bugs.
Lives in
The southern Great Plains and southwestern United States, and Mexico, in oak woodlands
Can it hurt you?
Can bite
It may bite if it feels in danger, but the bite only feels like a small pinch. It has no venom and does not spread sickness.
What does it eat?
It hunts many kinds of insects, caterpillars and other small creatures.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
California warrior beetle about 1.2 km/h (0.75 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its name, warrior beetle, suits it well, because it is a fierce little hunter of other bugs.
2
It was first described in 1850 by a beetle scientist named Maximilien Chaudoir.
3
It belongs to the ground beetles, a big family of fast running hunters.
you asked
Most asked questions about California warrior beetle
?Does the California warrior beetle bite?
It may bite if it is scared, but it feels like a small pinch and it has no venom.
?What does the California warrior beetle eat?
Insects, caterpillars and other small creatures.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pasimachus californicus
- Named by
- Chaudoir, 1850
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Pasimachus californicus (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 Cody Stricker. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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