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Japanese Tiger Beetle

Cicindela Japonica

Photo by Muckpuk
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Field Notes

Description:

Blue / Green / Orange Shiny bug. Very fast and easily scared away (explains the fussy picture ) About 3 cm. A bit wasp like.

Habitat:

On a hill near/in Kyoto Japan. Near forest.

Notes:

The sunlight bounced back on this little bug that was dashing up and down on the bare stone floor. I don't know what it was doing, but it was BUSY! It was hard to take a picture from it as my zoom is not very strong and he was very quick.

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Comments (3)
Liz113
Great shot! However, why is this in the “Life and Mathematics” mission? I think it might not quite fit with the purpose of that mission, so you should consider taking it out of that mission :)
Muckpuk
Thanks Keith and thank you Reza for your ID! :-)

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PublishedApril 23, 2013

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