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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 © 2008 Elizabeth Winthrop

Six-spotted tiger beetle? - Cicindela sexguttata
Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri, USA
April 24, 2008
Size: 2.5 cm
Very alert to my presence. Would fly a short distance away if I got too close, but would come back once I backed away.

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Six-spotted tiger beetle? - Cicindela sexguttata Six-spotted tiger beetle? - Cicindela sexguttata
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Contributed by Elizabeth Winthrop on 24 April, 2008 - 7:42pm
Last updated 29 April, 2008 - 11:18pm

Not an expert...
but I think you're right. BugGuide has taught me that six-spotted tiger beetles can have no spots or, as with yours, eight spots. I had never heard of them being blue before (the ones I see are always pure green), but I just found confirmation here that they can be.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 April, 2008 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for a confirmation....
Actually, the insect was metallic green, but when the light hit it just right, it looked a little bit blue. Really neat little insect to watch!!
… Elizabeth Winthrop, 28 April, 2008 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

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