Boreal long-lipped tiger beetle
Cicindela longilabris
The boreal long-lipped tiger beetle is a shiny, flashy tiger beetle from North America. Tiger beetles are super fast runners with big eyes and sharp jaws. They chase down little insects on the ground.
Lives in
North America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It might give a small nip with its jaws if you grab it, so it is best to just watch.
What does it eat?
It hunts small insects, like other tiger beetles.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Boreal long-lipped tiger beetle about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Scientists split it into three subspecies. One of them is called the green long-lipped tiger beetle.
2
It was first described by the American scientist Thomas Say in 1824.
3
Tiger beetles like it are some of the fastest running insects.
you asked
Most asked questions about Boreal long-lipped tiger beetle
?Is the boreal long-lipped tiger beetle dangerous?
No. It is harmless, though it may nip if you grab it.
?Where does the boreal long-lipped tiger beetle live?
In North America.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cicindela longilabris
- Named by
- Say, 1824
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cicindelidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cicindelidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Cicindela longilabris (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 Reuven Martin. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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