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Tiger Beetle

Cicindelinae Latreille, 1802

Photo by MokYounFai
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Tiger beetles are a large group of beetles known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest species of tiger beetle can run at a speed of 9 km/h (5.6 mph), or about 53.87 body lengths per second.[1] As of 2005, about 2,600 species and subspecies were known, with the richest diversity in the Oriental (Indo-Malayan) region, followed by the Neotropics
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Comments (5)
DanielePralong
Beautiful shots MokYounFai! If the two images were taken at different locations and times, they constitute two different observations and should be separated in two spottings.
Mark Ridgway
Great shots. Yes that side view is important. Thanks.
MokYounFai
HI Bayucca.. added a side view as your wish :) Both photos are the same species but taken different time and different location (within Singapore)
bayucca
Dou you have other pictures of it?With only a frontal, although a very nice and impressive one, we cannot ID a beetle. We would ne at least a complete shot from the top and from the side if available.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2015

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