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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) » Big-headed Tiger Beetles (Megacephalini) » Metallic Tiger Beetles (Tetracha) » Virginia Metallic Tiger Beetle (Tetracha virginica)

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Copyright © 2011 Elin Pierce

Coleoptera species, sw TN - Tetracha virginica

Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
October 23, 2011
Size: 15mm

On a sunny, late afternoon, I saw this beautiful, shiny green beetle scurrying quickly across the gravel pathway between the hardwood bottomland forest on one side and agricultural and wild fields on the other.

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Coleoptera species, sw TN - Tetracha virginica

Coleoptera species, sw TN - Tetracha virginica

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Contributed by Elin Pierce on 7 November, 2011 - 6:21pm
Last updated 8 November, 2011 - 2:29am

Moved

Moved from ID Request. Very nice image, thanks for sharing!

… Eric R. Eaton, 8 November, 2011 - 2:29am

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Tetracha virginica

A flightless tiger beetle. Usually nocturnal.

… wolfpacksved, 7 November, 2011 - 11:27pm

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So interesting -

thanks for the add'l info - not all in the guide. Interesting that it is flightless! (I would have been more bold in getting a good photo angle, had I known)

… Elin Pierce, 10 November, 2011 - 9:39am

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Not the best angle, but...

I wonder if it might be something close to this:

Wait and see if the experts feel the same way. :)

… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 November, 2011 - 6:29pm

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Thanks, Ken - should I

always try to get a dorsal view of coleopteras? It's sometimes a choice between the angles when only having time for ONE photo before it runs away!

… Elin Pierce, 7 November, 2011 - 6:52pm

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If you can get only one shot of a beetle,

A straight-on dorsal view is often the most helpful--and least that's what the beetle experts seem to prefer. :)

… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 November, 2011 - 6:57pm

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Dorsal image added..

but it's a bit blurry. I forgot that I managed to get two shots. Hope it helps (if not I'm sure it'll get frassed!) :-)

… Elin Pierce, 8 November, 2011 - 1:02pm

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