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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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Virginia Metallic Tiger Beetle - Tetracha virginica - female
Copyright © 2013 John Pearson

Virginia Metallic Tiger Beetle - Tetracha virginica - Female
Ackworth, Warren County, Iowa, USA
August 12, 2013
Size: ~2 cm
Lone individual walking rapidly across driveway in rural lawn. Specimen chilled for photography, hence a somewhat unnatural posture.

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Virginia Metallic Tiger Beetle - Tetracha virginica - female Virginia Metallic Tiger Beetle - Tetracha virginica Virginia Metallic Tiger Beetle - Tetracha virginica
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Contributed by John Pearson on 13 August, 2013 - 7:16am
Last updated 13 October, 2013 - 2:33pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles. ID confirmed by Aaron Brees (personal communication). Thanks, Gary and Aaron!
… John Pearson, 13 August, 2013 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

Big-headed Tiger Beetle..
looks like Tetracha virginica...like:

… Gary Griswold, 13 August, 2013 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
Tetracha virginica
Female; she may have laid eggs in your lawn ?
… Ronald Huber, 13 October, 2013 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

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