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Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle

Cicindela tranquebarica

The Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle is a colorful insect with shiny, greenish bodies and striking white lines. They are fast runners and love to chase after their food, which includes small insects.

Hábitat: Sandy areas

Aspecto

The Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle has an iridescent metallic body, often coppery, green, or bronzed. It features distinctive pale, slanted (oblique) lines on each dark wing cover, making it easy to identify from other ground beetles.

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Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle
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Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle

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Datos interesantes

Its eyes are massive, helping it spot tiny prey from a distance.

Its larvae live in burrows, surprising prey that walks past!

Some tiger beetles hold the record for the fastest insect runners on Earth!

When it runs, it moves so fast it can temporarily "outrun" its own vision!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Lightning Sprint

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle can run at incredible speeds because of its long, powerful legs that help them chase prey.

Habilidad

Iridescent Armor

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle has shimmering colors that help them blend perfectly into sandy habitats, avoiding detection by predators.

Habilidad

Ambush Master

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle can quickly snatch prey because of its razor-sharp mandibles and rapid reflexes.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
20-30 mm
Tamaño
10-14 mm
Esperanza de vida
60-120 días
Velocidad de vuelo
15 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

This speedy beetle hunts small insects and spiders, making it a tiny but mighty predator!

Diferencias por edad: Larvae are also predatory, ambushing prey from burrows in the soil.

Alimentos principales

  • Ants
  • Flies
  • Caterpillars
  • Spiders
  • Small beetles

Método de búsqueda

  • Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

Silky Ant

Formica fusca

A common ant often captured by adult beetles.

hunts

House Fly

Musca domestica

A readily available food source for speedy adults.

eaten by

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

A common bird predator of ground-dwelling insects.

eaten by

Northern Leopard Frog

Lithobates pipiens

Can snatch adult beetles from the ground.

Rasgos

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Colecciones

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle?

20-30 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle?

10-14 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle?

60-120 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle?

15 km/h

¿Qué come Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle?

This speedy beetle hunts small insects and spiders, making it a tiny but mighty predator!

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle?

Sandy areas

¿Cómo caza Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle?

Pursuit

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle?

6

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