Calosoma maximowiczi is a large black of East Asia that can fly and climbs trees to hunt moth caterpillars. It lives in Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and the Russian Far East, and isn't found in the United States.
Appearance
- Appearance
- About ⅞–1⅜ in (22–35 mm) long. Black and shiny, usually with a blue-green gleam along the edges of the thorax and wing covers, and some individuals have a bronze sheen on the back.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- broadleaf forests
- forest edges
- Range
- Korea, Japan, China (including southern Tibet), Taiwan, Mongolia, and the Russian Far East, including Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. It does not occur in North America.
Behavior
- Diet
- Mostly caterpillars of moths and butterflies.
- Activity
- Active by day, a strong climber, and fully winged, so it can fly.
- Overwintering
- Adults spend the winter in small cavities in the soil.
Life cycle
- Larva
- Development from egg to adult takes about 30–45 days, and there is usually one generation a year.
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