Calosoma vagans Dejean, 1831 is a animal in the Carabidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Calosoma vagans Dejean, 1831
Calosoma vagans, the roaming caterpillar hunter, is a nocturnal ground beetle found in parts of South America.
Calosoma vagans, commonly called the roaming caterpillar hunter, is a species of ground beetle belonging to the subfamily Carabinae. It was first described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1831. This species can be found in Argentina, Chile, and Peru, and it lives in areas that have cold winters. Adult individuals of this species are nocturnal.
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Mioptachys flavicauda (Say, 1823)
Carabus hispanus Fabricius, 1787
Amara obesa (Say, 1823)
Cychrus attenuatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Stenolophus dissimilis Dejean, 1829
Pinacodera limbata (Dejean, 1831)
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