Carabus chamissonis

Carabus chamissonis, Fisher's worm and slug hunter, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in tundra regions across northern Canada and Alaska, as well as isolated populations on Mount Washington, New Hampshire and Katahdin in Maine.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} This is a species of open, dry tundra environments - generally better drained than those occupied in the Arctic by Carabus truncaticollis ^[6]

Carabus chamissonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Carabus
Species:	C. chamissonis
Binomial name
Carabus chamissonis Fischer von Waldheim, 1820
Synonyms
Carabus rugosostrigatus Mandl, 1955 Carabus washingtoni Casey, 1920 Carabus groenlandicus Dejean, 1831 Carabus brachyderus Wiedemann, 1821

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. Adults overwinter in their own pupal cavity.^[7]