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Western Tiger Beetle

Cicindela oregona

The Western Tiger Beetle is a shiny, fast bug with beautiful green and blue colors. They love to run around in sunny places and are great at catching their food!

Hábitat: Sandy areas

Aspecto

The Western Tiger Beetle is a slender insect with a metallic body that gleams green, bronze, or coppery. It often has distinctive cream or yellow markings on its wing covers. Its large, bulging eyes and prominent, sickle-shaped mandibles set it apart.

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Western Tiger Beetle
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Western Tiger Beetle

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Its larvae are fierce ambush predators, digging burrows to surprise passing prey.

They are part of a group with over 2,600 species, found nearly worldwide!

This beetle sometimes pauses while running because its brain can't keep up with its leg speed!

Tiger beetles are considered bioindicators, meaning their presence can show a habitat's health.

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Blazing Pursuit

Western Tiger Beetle can run incredibly fast, reaching up to 9 km/h, because of powerful legs that help them chase down quick prey.

Habilidad

Eagle Eyes

Western Tiger Beetle has large, bulging compound eyes that help them spot tiny moving insects from a distance.

Habilidad

Grasping Jaws

Western Tiger Beetle has strong, sharp mandibles that help them quickly capture and crush their insect prey.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
25-32 mm
Tamaño
12-16 mm
Esperanza de vida
60-120 días
Velocidad de vuelo
20 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

These speedy hunters are insectivores, mostly eating small bugs they catch with their powerful jaws.

Diferencias por edad: Larvae are ambush predators from burrows; adults are free-ranging pursuit hunters.

Alimentos principales

  • flies
  • ants
  • small caterpillars
  • aphids
  • spiders

Método de búsqueda

  • Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

fruit fly

Drosophila melanogaster

Adult beetles actively pursue.

hunts

silky ant

Formica fusca

Common prey item for adults.

eaten by

Western Fence Lizard

Sceloporus occidentalis

A common predator in its range.

eaten by

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Birds can snatch these beetles.

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Colecciones

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Be careful not to touch insects, as they can be delicate.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Western Tiger Beetle?

25-32 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Western Tiger Beetle?

12-16 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Western Tiger Beetle?

60-120 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Western Tiger Beetle?

20 km/h

¿Qué come Western Tiger Beetle?

These speedy hunters are insectivores, mostly eating small bugs they catch with their powerful jaws.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Western Tiger Beetle?

Sandy areas

¿Cómo caza Western Tiger Beetle?

Pursuit

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Western Tiger Beetle?

6

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