The forest caterpillar hunter is a rather large ground beetle with deep metallic green color. Like the name implies, they are voracious predators prey on caterpillars. In fact, they were introduced to USA from Europe in 1905 to battle gypsy moths and they can fly.
Forest Caterpillar Hunter – Calosoma Sycophanta
- Canon, EOS 1D Mark IV
- EF 180mm F3.5L USM Macro
- ISO 640, 1/80, F10 ,252mm
- Farmers Branch, Texas
- April 24, 2013
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