Calosoma sycophanta
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| Calosoma sycophanta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Calosoma |
| Subgenus: | Calosoma (Calosoma) |
| Species: | C. sycophanta |
| Binomial name | |
| Calosoma sycophanta (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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The Calosoma sycophanta or forest caterpillar hunter is a large, bright green, metallic ground beetle that is native to Europe. In 1905 it was imported to New England for control of the gypsy moth. The species is a voracious consumer of caterpillars during both its larval stage and as an adult.
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Calosoma sycophanta larva eating a Lymantria dispar larva
[edit] External links
Media related to Calosoma sycophanta at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Calosoma sycophanta at Wikispecies
- Ground Beetles, Susan Mahr, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
- Forest Caterpillar Hunter, BioLib.cz.
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