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Tag: Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

  • Tiger Beetle

    I love seeing these Six-spotted Tiger Beetles (Cicindela sexguttata). Their metallic bright green or blue-green color is such a treat. Those six spots that their common name is from, that’s a bit misleading, there are not always six, sometimes none, sometimes as many as eight. These Tiger Beetles are about 1/2 inch long. They eat…

  • A Tiger Beetle

    This one, the Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata), which I love to find along the trails up here. A lovely color. Metallic, emerald green, though some lean toward a blue-green. A beneficial insect, consuming insects and other arthropods that are pests in our gardens and woods. _____________________________________________________________ If you would like to receive my daily…