Scaphinotus unicolor, the one-color snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia), where it inhabits forests, often along streams and near springs.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Unicolor 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Scaphinotus
- Species
- Scaphinotus unicolor
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