| Carabus serratus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Carabus |
| Species: | C. serratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Carabus serratus Say, 1823 | |
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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 [1] [2] [3] [4] , where it inhabits moraines, gravel and sand pits, meadows, pastures and cultivated fields, but also forest clearings and open forests.
Adults are wing-dimorphic, with some being macropterous, while others are brachypterous. They are mostly nocturnal and adults have been found overwintering in the upper zone of sand pits and gravel pits. [5]