Bug FAQRound Worm and Slug Hunter
Carabus vinctus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
Adult Round Worm and Slug Hunters have short wings and are active at night. They live in North American flood-plain, low deciduous, and swamp forests. These beetles scavenge on dead fish and meat.
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How to recognize it
Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal.
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Size
Adults have reduced wings and are active at night.
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Where it lives
Found in flood-plain, low deciduous, and swamp forests of North America.
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What it eats
It scavenges dead fish and meat.
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Where it comes from
Its native range is North America.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 23 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Massachusetts.
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
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Questions people ask
What does the Round Worm and Slug Hunter eat?
It feeds on dead fish and meat as a scavenger.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabus_vinctus
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