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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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.