The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

PROCERUS

Procerus is a genus of beetles of the family Carabidae, found mainly in south-east Europe and the Near East, though one species, the black coloured
Procerus gigas extends into Austria where it stalks its prey - chiefly edible snails - by night, and sometimes by day, and has a lifespan of some three years.
Research Procerus