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Festive Tiger Beetle

Cicindela scutellaris

The Festive Tiger Beetle is a colorful insect with shiny green and bronze colors. It loves to run fast on sandy paths and is often seen in sunny places, making it a fun little friend to spot!

Lebensraum: Sandy areas

Aussehen

The Festive Tiger Beetle has a vibrant, iridescent body often displaying metallic greens, blues, reds, or purples. Its wing covers feature distinct yellow, orange, or white markings, making it stand out from plainer ground beetles and helping with camouflage.

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Festive Tiger Beetle
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Festive Tiger Beetle

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its larvae are sneaky 'pitfall trap' hunters, waiting in burrows to grab unsuspecting insects!

Some Festive Tiger Beetles can slightly change their body color to better match their sandy home!

These beetles have tiny hairs on their antennae that can 'smell' chemicals to find mates!

When running at top speed, they briefly go 'blind' and have to stop to relocate their prey!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Speed Demon

Festive Tiger Beetle can run at incredible speeds, up to 9 km/h, because of its long, powerful legs that help them quickly chase prey.

Fähigkeit

Sharp Sight

Festive Tiger Beetle has large, bulging eyes that give them excellent vision, which helps them spot tiny prey and avoid predators.

Fähigkeit

Camouflage Cloak

Festive Tiger Beetle has iridescent colors that help them blend into sandy or mossy environments, making it harder for predators to spot them.

Fähigkeit

Powerful Jaws

Festive Tiger Beetle can quickly crush prey with its strong, sickle-shaped mandibles, which helps them overpower struggling insects.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
18-28 mm
Größe
9-14 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
24 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Both adult and larval Festive Tiger Beetles are fierce predators of small insects and other invertebrates.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae are ambush predators, waiting in burrows to snatch passing insects, while adults actively chase down prey.

Hauptnahrung

  • Ants
  • Small flies
  • Spiders
  • Caterpillars
  • Beetle larvae
  • Other small invertebrates

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Silky Ant

Formica fusca

A frequent fast-moving meal on sandy terrain.

eaten by

Brown Thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

A common ground-feeding bird that preys on beetles.

eats

Fiery Searcher Beetle

Calosoma scrutator

Larger ground beetles can prey on tiger beetle larvae.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be gentle and watch from a distance; they are small and can be easily scared.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Festive Tiger Beetle?

18-28 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Festive Tiger Beetle?

9-14 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Festive Tiger Beetle?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Festive Tiger Beetle?

24 km/h

Was frisst Festive Tiger Beetle?

Both adult and larval Festive Tiger Beetles are fierce predators of small insects and other invertebrates.

Wo findet man Festive Tiger Beetle normalerweise?

Sandy areas

Wie jagt Festive Tiger Beetle?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Festive Tiger Beetle?

6

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