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Calosoma chlorostictum · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
Calosoma chlorostictum is a ground beetle in the subfamily Carabinae. It was first described by Dejean in 1831. The species occurs across parts of Africa and the Middle East, including Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, South Africa and many other countries.
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How to recognize it
Calosoma chlorostictum belongs to the ground-beetle group Carabinae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
The beetle was formally described in 1831 by Dejean.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is found in a wide range of countries from Egypt and Saudi Arabia to Kenya, South Africa and the island of St. Helena.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 3 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calosoma_chlorostictum
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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.