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Anthia sexguttata

Photo by Chiti
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Field Notes

Description:

found this pretty big beetle with 6 white spots... and it had ants attacking it on its leg and head

Species ID Suggestions

Ground beetle

Anthia sexguttata

Reference Link
MartinL
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Comments (3)
Chiti
thanku sirs.. that is the one... :)
Sachin Zaveri
Nice spotting, Agree with martinl here is link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthia_sexguttata
MartinL
Common Six spotted tiger beetle. Family=Carabidae (ground beetles) The ants are interesting. They don't seem too pleased
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2012

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