Some midwestern Calosoma

[shoegazer]

Left to right; Calosoma externum , Calosoma wilcoxi , and Calosoma scrutator. There are also a couple C. sayi and a single C. marginale in there, but didn't want their photos taken.

As you can see, they do seem to enjoy fruit.

 

[Hisserdude]

Pretty! Hope you can get them to lay some eggs!

 

[manticora]

man.....words can't describe those beauties,simply awesome!

 

[Ratmosphere]

Wow, the colors are gorgeous.

 

[Peter Clausen]

That C. externum is brilliant! You really captured all the colors very well.

Are those blackberries?

 

[shoegazer]

It's funny, because on my camera screen (iphone) the externum look decidedly blue. I was getting frustrated trying to rectify that with the settings and was ready to explain in the post how they are actually a neon purple color. But I guess the camera knows what its doing.

Yes, those are blackberries, but they're also eating strawberries and cherries.

 

[Chuck4th]

Nice!

Found a couple dead Calosoma scrutator, but none alive.

 

[shoegazer]

Finally got around to getting photos of other two species in that tank.

Calosoma marginale (right)

Calosoma sayi (right). This species seems much shyer than the rest, and is rarely out in daylight.

 

[LarvaHunter]

Those are awesome beetles. Did you catch them?

 

[ivek32]

Nice beetles , realy prety colours