Kingdom Animalia Order Coleoptera Genus Calosoma Higher classification Calosoma | Phylum Arthropoda Family Carabidae Scientific name Calosoma schayeri Rank Species | |
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Similar Calosoma, Beetle, Ground beetle, Insect | ||
The green carab beetle or saffron beetle (Calosoma schayeri) is a species of Carabidae that occurs in Australia. Like most Carabidae the larvae is predaceous. It is quite active at night when it is found hunting for slow-moving prey such as caterpillars. If handled it gives off an unpleasant scent.
References
Calosoma schayeri Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA