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Fiery Searcher Beetle

Calosoma scrutator

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Fiery Searcher

Calosoma scrutator

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These beetles eat caterpillars. The mild winter gave us a caterpillar explosion near our house - followed by an explosion of fiery searchers - they were all over our yard - thousands of them!
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Great shot of the hard-to-photograph fiery searcher beetle. They're usually moving so fast, they never sit still. You should add this to the Beetles in Texas mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/11377042

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PublishedMay 4, 2011

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