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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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Glossy Green Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata
Copyright © 2013 Larry Daly

Glossy Green Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata
Davison, Genesee County, Michigan, USA
May 19, 2013
Size: About 3/4"
Picked up beetle to examine and photograph. I think it was trying to bite me, so I put it down and photographed it on concrete. Found in early afternoon on a warm (80F), sunny day.
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Contributed by Larry Daly on 19 May, 2013 - 8:01pm
Last updated 20 May, 2013 - 2:41pm

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… Eric R. Eaton, 20 May, 2013 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Cicindela sexguttata
This is Cicindela sexguttata. They readily bite if you pick them up, but it's just a little pinch. Only the biggest species have the potential to break the skin in the right place.
… Ben Coulter, 19 May, 2013 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

Definitely a tiger beetle of some sort.
I'm thinking the six spotted tiger beetle.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/605
… RyanRI, 19 May, 2013 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

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