Carabus serratus, the serrate-shoulder worm and slug hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America, where it inhabits moraines, gravel and sand pits, meadows, pastures and cultivated fields, but also forest clearings and open forests.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Serrate-shoulder Worm and Slug Hunter being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Carabus
- Species
- Carabus serratus
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