Bug FAQCarabus finitimus
Carabus finitimus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
Carabus finitimus is a bluish beetle called Haldeman's worm and slug hunter. Adults have short wings and are active at night. It lives in bottom-land forests along rivers in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adults are brachypterous, meaning they have short wings.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It inhabits bottom-land forests along rivers.
Source: Wikipedia
When you see it
Adults are nocturnal.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 4 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: endemic in North America; endemic in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
Where is Carabus finitimus found?
It occurs in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, living in bottom-land forests along rivers.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabus_finitimus
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