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Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:22 pm
by boghaunter1
Tiger beetles are worldwide in distribution & many of them are amongst our most handsomest beetles. Following are some older examples from the internet,
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Cicindela coerulea pr. - Kazakhstan - AHhhh... my favourite color -Blue!
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John K.
Re: Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:34 pm
by boghaunter1
Additional Tiger Beetles,
Very nice patterning - Chaetodera regalis - good name!
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C. coerulea ssp. nitidia from Ussuriysk, Russia
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John K.
Re: Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:43 pm
by boghaunter1
More Tiger beetles;
Cincindela japonica - Beauties!
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C. chinensis - S. Korea - wow!
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John K.
Re: Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:51 pm
by boghaunter1
African Tiger Beetles - World's largest & certainly most ferocious looking!
Manicora tuberculata pair - S. Africa - Whoa!
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M. imperator pr. - Zimbabwe - 61-49mm - Yikes! Awesome!
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John K.
Re: Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:58 pm
by boghaunter1
Additional "Ground Tigers",
Calochroa octonotata - S.E. Asia
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Cicindela sp. - Algeria
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John K.
Re: Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:08 pm
by boghaunter1
& closer to home from Washington state - female Omus audouini
Re: Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:23 pm
by adamcotton
There is at least one species here that mimics ants. Probably they feed on them.
Adam.
Re: Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:09 pm
by Eleodes
Another cool genus is Amblycheila from the western U.S. and northern Mexico. I've only had the opportunity to catch A. cylindriformis on the Great Plains.
Re: Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:40 pm
by 58chevy
This is Amblycheila hoversoni, the largest tiger beetle in N. America. Native to south central TX.
Re: Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:46 am
by livingplanet3
boghaunter1 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:51 pm
African Tiger Beetles - World's largest & certainly most ferocious looking!
Manicora tuberculata pair - S. Africa - Whoa!...
True, among the tiger beetles, Manticora are quite unusual not only because of their huge size, but also the asymmetry of the males' mandibles. I saw a pair of live M. scabra at the natural history museum in Los Angeles back in late 90s. I've heard that a number of attempts to breed this genus in captivity have been made over the years, but apparently, without success.
https://beetlesinthebush.com/2012/02/13 ... er-beetle/
Re: Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:18 am
by boghaunter1
Very interesting read on those mega monster "tigers" livingplanet3... Thanks for posting that! I keep learning new things about "bugs" almost every day on this forum! Very cool
John K.
