Callisthenes (Chrysostigma) cancellatus (Eschscholtz 1833)
Locality: Native, New World. Canada- BC; USA- AZ, CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA.
Common Name: Latticed Beautiful Black Searcher
Synonyms: Calosoma cancellatum Eschscholtz, 1833; Calosoma aenescens LeConte, 1854; Calosoma esuriens Casey, 1913; Calosoma transversa Casey, 1913; Calosoma sagax Casey, 1920; Calosoma praestans Casey, 1920
Macrohabitat: Lowlands to uplands, 3-1371 meters altitude. Microhabitat: On open dry ground, often adults are found in cultivated fields (e.g. sugar beet), also in tule marshes in CA. Dispersal abilities: Adults are submacropterous, probably in capable of flight and are moderate runners and occasional climbers (on shrubs). Seasonal occurrence: Adults are active in March-September; females with eggs in May- June. Larvae are present in the fauna in summer and thus over winter. Behavior: Adults are diurnal; active in the sunshine on the ground, or on low shrubbery. Adult food items, in the field, are lepidopterous caterpillars, elaterids, flies, and orthopterans. The larva lives on, or near the ground and is known to feed upon larvae of the moth Peridroma saucia (Hubner). (Erwin, 2001; Larochelle & Lariviere, 2003; Lindroth, 1961; Data from NMNH collection)