Bug FAQCalosoma luxatum
Calosoma luxatum · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
Calosoma luxatum is a beetle in the Carabidae family, sometimes called the dislocated beautiful black searcher. Adults have short wings and live in open short-grass prairies and dry forest ground. It is native to the United States and Canada, including many western and central states and provinces.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Calosoma luxatum belongs to the beetle family Carabidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adult beetles are brachypterous, meaning they have short wings.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 15 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Nevada, Wyoming.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: endemic in United States; native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calosoma_luxatum
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
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