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Six Spotted Tiger Beetle

Cicindela sexguttata

Photo by AnnalisaD
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Description:

Six-spotted Tiger Beetles eat small insects, spiders, and other arthropods. Favorite foods include other beetles, springtails, sawflies, caterpillars, flies, ants, and grasshoppers. More info here http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/six-spotted_tiger_beetle.htm

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Comments (2)
AnnalisaD
Thanks Karen....the day was gloomy and the sun peaked out from behind the clouds just do I could capture this little guy all shinny and green :)
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PublishedDecember 18, 2011

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