Scaphinotus punctatus, the punctate snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. It is found in Central America and North AmericaBousquet Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys 245: 1-1722. (Baja California and California), where it inhabits forests. It is found along lake shores and streams, as well as in dry fields.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They have been recorded feeding on snails, caterpillars (both living and dead), berries, as well as other beetles.A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

References

Erwin, Terry L. (2007). A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume I. Trachypachidae, Carabidae - Nebriiformes 1, 323 + 22 plates.

Further reading

Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.