Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators

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Tiger Beetles - Vicious & Beautiful Predators

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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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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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More Tiger beetles;

Cincindela japonica - Beauties!

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C. chinensis - S. Korea - wow!

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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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Additional "Ground Tigers",

Calochroa octonotata - S.E. Asia

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Cicindela sp. - Algeria

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& closer to home from Washington state - female Omus audouini
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There is at least one species here that mimics ants. Probably they feed on them.

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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.
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This is Amblycheila hoversoni, the largest tiger beetle in N. America. Native to south central TX.
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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/
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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 8-)

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