Lesser searcher
Calosoma inquisitor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedbeetles
The lesser searcher (Calosoma inquisitor) is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.2 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 31 countries, including Albania, Armenia and Austria.
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Quick facts about the lesser searcher
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 1.6 cm – 2.2 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 31 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the lesser searcher?
Where does the lesser searcher live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The lesser searcher is listed for 31 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
- Albania
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: CarabCat (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the lesser searcher endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the lesser searcher classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- familyCarabidae
- genusCalosoma
- SpeciesCalosoma inquisitor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Carabus inquisitor
Other names and names in other languages (24)
- Caterpillar-hunterEnglish
- Lesser searcher beetleEnglish
- krajník hnědýCzech
- PupperøverDanish
- Almindelig pupperøverDanish
- Lille pupperøverDanish
- Kleiner PuppenräuberGerman
- tammikiitäjäinenFinnish
- Calosome inquisiteurFrench
- Petit calosomeFrench
- kis bábrablóHungarian
- 풀색명주딱정벌레Korean
- Žiaurusis puikiažygisLithuanian
- larvedreperNorwegian Bokmål
- Kleine poppenroverDutch
- Kleine rupsenjagerDutch
- Tęcznik mniejszyPolish
- Красотел бронзовыйRussian
- Красотел инквизиторRussian
- húseničiar hnedýSlovak
- liten larvmördareSwedish
- mindre larvmördareSwedish
- Красотіл бронзовийUkrainian
- Красотіл-дослідникUkrainian
Relatives of the lesser searcher
Other species in the same genus Calosoma.
Sycophant
Calosoma sycophanta
Fiery searcher
Calosoma scrutator
Wilcox's caterpillar hunter
Calosoma wilcoxi
Cold-country caterpillar hunter
Calosoma frigidum
Black caterpillar hunter
Calosoma sayi
Narrow searcher
Calosoma externum
CompareLesser searcher vs SycophantLesser searcher vs Fiery searcherLesser searcher vs Wilcox's caterpillar hunterLesser searcher vs Cold-country caterpillar hunter
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the lesser searcher?
An adult lesser searcher measures 1.6 cm – 2.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the lesser searcher live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the lesser searcher for 31 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Belgium. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the lesser searcher?
The lesser searcher (Calosoma inquisitor) belongs to the family Carabidae in the order Coleoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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