Snail Eating Beetles with a Banana Slug

These guys reminded me of a tiny lion pride or itty bitty pack of wolves with their kill

It may be possible that these are Scaphinotus marginalis. I'll submit to bug guide.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Don't forget about the flesh fly to the right feasting along. Posted 10 years ago

Pducros

Giant Tortoise

Like your description - interesting photo, glad I wasn't eating when I opened it. Posted 10 years ago

The Narrow-collared Snail-eating Beetle

Scaphinotus angusticollis is one of the more distinctive and attractive of the carabids, or ground beetles. It is common in forests, parks and gardens. The narrow head is an adaptation to eating snails from the shell. Like many ground beetles, Scaphinotus is flightless. In fact, the hind wings are practically nonexistent.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by morpheme