Bug FAQAngular Snail-eating Beetle
Scaphinotus angulatus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
Also called: Angulate Snail-eating Beetle
Adults have reduced wings and are active at night. They live in temperate coniferous rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. They prey on snails.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Adults have reduced wings and are active at night.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adults have reduced wings and are active at night.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It inhabits temperate coniferous rainforests.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
They prey on snails.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is found in North America, specifically British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 2 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Washington, Oregon.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaphinotus_angulatus
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