Carabus vinctus

Carabus vinctus, the stitched ground beetle or bound 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 flood plain forests, low deciduous forests and swamp-forests.

Carabus vinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Carabus
Species:	C. vinctus
Binomial name
Carabus vinctus (Weber, 1801)
Synonyms
Tachypus vinctus Weber, 1801 Carabus georgiae Csiki, 1927 Carabus carinatus Dejean, 1826 Carabus interruptus Say, 1823 Carabus ligatus Germar, 1823

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They are scavengers on dead fish and meat.^[5]