Scaphinotus viduus, the bereft snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia), where it inhabits coniferous forests, usually in areas close to water.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Bereft Snail-eating Beetle 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
- Scaphinotus unicolor
- Scaphinotus marginatus
- Sphaeroderus stenostomus
- Scaphinotus interruptus
- Scaphinotus elevatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Scaphinotus
- Species
- Scaphinotus viduus
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