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Six spotted tiger beetle

Cicindela sexguttata

Photo by Joe Z
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Field Notes

Description:

Fairly common beetle in the family Caribidae (ground beetles).

Habitat:

Range TX-GA-ME-NE, adj. Can., but absent from the Gulf Coast area.

Habitat: Dirt paths in grassy areas, but seldom far from the woods; often hunting along sidewalks/roads and on large lying logs

Notes:

They don't always have six spots, sometimes they have no spots! They are predatory on other insects and they move very fast.

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PublishedJuly 7, 2014

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