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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 Green Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata
Copyright © 2004 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Six Spotted Green Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata
Eastern, Oklahoma, USA
July 12, 2002
Cicindela sexguttata. Size 18mm
Some come without the spots. In fact I have never seen one with the spots.
Determined by Carl Stephen.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 23 October, 2004 - 7:57pm

way up in Maine?!
I've seen these for the first time this spring up here in "Downeast" Maine – lobster country.(latitude 45°)

Today, I was just watching this, maybe three-quarter inch insect very quickly darting around – metallic green, very bright. And then, I saw him snap up a smallish black ant! What a battle, much energy was consumed. It looked like the larger beetle had him, but then he got away (the ant). The thwarted tiger beetle looked frantically around the immediate area – felt around, actually – he clearly couldn't see t the ant running away.

I couldn't see the six dots, but they are small and from my vantage point (a wheelchair) I couldn't be sure. Thanks for the great site.
… Captain Pike, 1 June, 2016 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

wow!
I found one of these in my driveway today!
… Cassandra Joy, 31 March, 2008 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved to guide
Interesting. They all seem to have the spots here in North Carolina.

I moved this to the guide page for that species.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 24 October, 2004 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

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