Six-spotted tiger beetle
The six-spotted tiger beetle shines bright metallic green, like a little jewel running along a forest path. It usually has six tiny white spots on its back. It has long legs and big white jaws, and it is a super fast hunter.
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Fun facts
Not every one has exactly six spots. Some have more, fewer or none at all.
It likes sunny open spots in the forest, like dirt paths and fallen logs.
The mother lays her eggs in sandy patches of ground.
Its larva lives in a hole in the ground and waits there for food to walk by, then lunges out to catch it.
It spends about a year as a larva before it turns into a beetle.
Most asked questions about Six-spotted tiger beetle
?Does the six-spotted tiger beetle bite?
Only if you pick it up. Then it may give you a nip with its big jaws.
?What does the six-spotted tiger beetle eat?
Small creatures like caterpillars, ants and spiders.
?How big is a six-spotted tiger beetle?
It is about 12 to 14 millimetres long, a bit more than a centimetre.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cicindela sexguttata
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Six-spotted green tiger beetle
Where the facts come from
- Cicindela sexguttata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Marvin Smith. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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