Bug FAQPterostichus adoxus
Pterostichus adoxus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
Pterostichus adoxus is a woodland ground beetle that belongs to the family Carabidae. It lives in North America and its larvae are predatory.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
This species is a woodland ground beetle in the Carabidae family.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
The larvae hunt and eat other small organisms.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range includes North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 24 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Utah, New Hampshire, Virginia, Massachusetts, North Carolina.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterostichus_adoxus
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
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