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Six Spotted Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata

Six Spotted Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata
Pilot Mountain State Park, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
May 28, 2014

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Six Spotted Tiger Beetle
Appears to be the six spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela sexguttata). Those appear to just be its mandibles. They are voracious predators of other insects so the mandibles indeed look scary!


 
Agreed, this is C. sexguttata
Agreed, this is C. sexguttata. You may move this image to the proper guide page to avoid cluttering up ID request.

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