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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) » Flashy Tiger Beetles (Cicindelini) » Temperate Tiger Beetles (Cicindela) » Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata)
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Six Spotted Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata
Copyright © 2009 Kathleen Chute

Six Spotted Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata
Clarksville , Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
June 6, 2009
Size: 1/2 inch
How can you tell if this is a male or a female?
Thank you Kathleen Chute

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Six Spotted Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata Six Spotted Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata
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Contributed by Kathleen Chute on 6 June, 2009 - 8:33pm
Last updated 8 October, 2009 - 4:19pm

Female
I think this is a female. The males of tiger beetles have expanded tarsal pads of setae on the first pair of legs, while the females' tarsi look just like the other pairs. This is one immediate way to sex a beetle. Certain other species also differ in shape of the elytra, pigmentation of the labrum, or other fine details.
… Ben Coulter, 5 April, 2011 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cicindela.
… Ted C. MacRae, 8 October, 2009 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

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