Oblique-lined tiger beetle
The oblique-lined tiger beetle is a fast hunter with big eyes. Its shiny body can be reddish brown, black or green. It is a strong flier and loves sunny, open ground near water.
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Fun facts
Females are usually a little longer than males.
When it gets too hot or too cold, it hops between sun and shade to keep its body at just the right warmth.
Its skin has a waxy layer that stops it from drying out, so it can live on the dry top part of a beach.
At night it is drawn to lights.
Its larvae dig burrows in the ground that can go 22 to 50 centimetres deep.
Most asked questions about Oblique-lined tiger beetle
?How big is the oblique-lined tiger beetle?
It is 11 to 16 millimetres long, about as long as a fingernail.
?Where does the oblique-lined tiger beetle live?
It lives across most of the United States, on sandy and muddy ground, often near rivers and lakes.
?Can it fly?
Yes. It is a strong flier.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cicindela tranquebarica
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cicindelidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cicindelidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Cicindela tranquebarica (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 JerryFriedman. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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