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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!
生息地: Sandy areas
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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カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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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!
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.
Festive Tiger Beetle has large, bulging eyes that give them excellent vision, which helps them spot tiny prey and avoid predators.
Festive Tiger Beetle has iridescent colors that help them blend into sandy or mossy environments, making it harder for predators to spot them.
Festive Tiger Beetle can quickly crush prey with its strong, sickle-shaped mandibles, which helps them overpower struggling insects.
Both adult and larval Festive Tiger Beetles are fierce predators of small insects and other invertebrates.
年齢による違い: Larvae are ambush predators, waiting in burrows to snatch passing insects, while adults actively chase down prey.
Formica fusca
A frequent fast-moving meal on sandy terrain.
Toxostoma rufum
A common ground-feeding bird that preys on beetles.
Calosoma scrutator
Larger ground beetles can prey on tiger beetle larvae.
まだ別名はありません。
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Be gentle and watch from a distance; they are small and can be easily scared.
18-28 mm
9-14 mm
30-90 日
24 km/h
Both adult and larval Festive Tiger Beetles are fierce predators of small insects and other invertebrates.
Sandy areas
Pursuit
6
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