Tiger Beetle

I love seeing these Six-spotted Tiger Beetles (Cicindela sexguttata). Their metallic bright green or blue-green color is such a treat. Those six spots that their common name is from, that’s a bit misleading, there are not always six, sometimes none, sometimes as many as eight.

These Tiger Beetles are about 1/2 inch long. They eat many kinds of insects and other arthropods.

Mighty easy to spot with their bright color!

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A Tiger Beetle

This one, the Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata), which I love to find along the trails up here. A lovely color. Metallic, emerald green, though some lean toward a blue-green.

A beneficial insect, consuming insects and other arthropods that are pests in our gardens and woods.

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