Wrinkle-winged calosoma
Calosoma marginale
The wrinkle-winged calosoma is a ground beetle that hunts caterpillars. It runs over prairies, pastures and fields looking for food. It is busiest at dusk and dawn, when the light is low.
Lives in
Central and North America, from Costa Rica and Mexico to the middle and southwest of the United States, in prairies and fields
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. It may nip if you grab it, so just watch it run.
What does it eat?
It hunts caterpillars and scarab beetles.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Wrinkle-winged calosoma 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 other name is the rimmed caterpillar hunter, because caterpillars are its favourite food.
2
It is active at dusk and dawn, the twilight hours.
3
It spends the winter tucked away in the ground.
4
It lives in prairies, pastures, farm fields and empty wasteland.
you asked
Most asked questions about Wrinkle-winged calosoma
?What does the wrinkle-winged calosoma eat?
Caterpillars and scarab beetles.
?Where does the wrinkle-winged calosoma live?
From Costa Rica and Mexico up to the United States, in prairies, pastures and fields.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Calosoma marginale
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Rimmed caterpillar hunter
Where the facts come from
- Calosoma marginale (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 Insects Unlocked. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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