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Florida Metallic Tiger Beetle - Tetracha floridana - male
Copyright © 2009 Ted C. MacRae

Florida Metallic Tiger Beetle - Tetracha floridana - Male
Seminole, Tara Cay Sound, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
October 20, 2009
Closeup of the head and mandibles while eating a corn rootworm (Diabrotica sp.) larva, with the two brush-like structures seen behind the mandibles being part of the maxillary laciniae. These apparently function in containing and shaping the food bolus as it is being masticated.

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Contributed by Ted C. MacRae on 1 November, 2009 - 10:37pm

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