caterpillar hunter
Calosoma latin

Commonly called caterpillar hunters, these are the ones that feed on caterpillars, including cutworms and army worms."

Forest Caterpillar Hunter, BioLib.

The Calosoma sycophanta or forest caterpillar hunter is a large, bright green, metallic ground beetle that is native to Europe.

Calosoma is a genus of large ground beetles that occur primarily throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and are referred to as caterpillar hunters or searchers.

Large numbers of the Forest Caterpillar Hunter (C. sycophanta), native to Europe, were shipped to New England for biological control of the Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar) as early as 1905.

Calosoma inquisitor is a species of ground beetle.

Calosoma retusum is a beetle of the Carabidae family.

Calosoma inquisitor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calosoma sycophanta is a beetle that preys upon the gypsy moth larvae and pupae.

Calosoma reticulatum, is a species of ground beetle native to northern Europe and Central Europe.

Calosoma elegans on carabidae.

The Calosoma sycophanta or forest caterpillar hunter is a large, bright green, metallic ground beetle that is native to Europe.

Calosoma is a genus of large ground beetles that occur primarily throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and are referred to as caterpillar hunters or searchers.

In 1905, Calosoma sycophanta was imported to New England for control of the Gypsy Moth.

Calosoma (Campalita) auropunctatum (Herbst, 1784)

Several species of this bug, most notably calosoma semilaeve (also known as black calosoma) are especially common in the California area.

The green carab beetle or saffron beetle (Calosoma schayeri) is a species of Carabidae that occurs in Australia.

Calosoma investigator is a species of ground beetle belonging to the genus Calosoma and the subgenus Charmosta.

Calosoma elegans is a ground beetle species in the genus Calosoma found in Kazakhstan.

Calosoma (ground beetles of European origin), cuckoos, and flocking birds such as starling, grackles, and red-winged blackbirds, are attracted to infested areas in high gypsy moth population years.

Calosoma semilaeve, also known as Black Calosoma, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily of Carabinae.

Crabbe was known as a coleopterist and recorder of beetles, and is credited for discovering the first specimen of Calosoma sycophanta L. to be recorded from Suffolk.