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Calosoma alternans
Calosoma alternans, the reciprocal caterpillar hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Central and South America, where it may be found in various habitats, such as tropical dry and moist forests, grasslands and cultivated fields.
Adults prey on Alabama argillacea and Spodoptera frugiperda.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 303194.