A mating pair of this endearing (and endangered) species. Note how the (mainly white) mandibles of the male (on top) clasp the female on the "waist" between her thorax and abdomen. Female tiger beetles have a special "sulcus" (= groove) to accommodate the males clasping mandibles during copulation. I've read these sulci are often species specific in their shape and match the shape of the male mandibles of the same species...it being thought that this may work against males of one species being able to effectively hang on to a female of another.

Hope these two had lots of offspring, and that their progeny live long and prosper :-)