Bronzed tiger beetle
Cicindela repanda
The bronzed tiger beetle is a speedy little hunter with a shiny bronze-brown back. Underneath, it shines metallic green or blue. It races across sandy and muddy shores looking for insects to catch.
Lives in
Most of North America, on sandy shores and dunes
Length
1 to 1.3 cm (0.39 to 0.51 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
It is not dangerous to people. It is best to watch it race around rather than catch it.
What does it eat?
It hunts many kinds of insects, and it even eats some fruit.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🍚as long as 2 grains of rice in a row🍽️could run across a dinner table in 3.6 seconds⚡moves 21 times its own body length every second
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How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Bronzed tiger beetle about 1 km/h (0.62 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is often seen on the sand dunes around the Great Lakes.
2
The grown-ups spend the winter hiding in burrows and come out in April.
3
Its whole life cycle usually takes two years.
4
The part just behind its head is coppery and hairy.
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Most asked questions about Bronzed tiger beetle
?What does the bronzed tiger beetle eat?
It hunts many kinds of insects and sometimes eats fruit.
?Where does the bronzed tiger beetle live?
In most of North America, on sand, gravel or clay, often near water.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cicindela repanda
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Common shore tiger beetle
Where the facts come from
- Cicindela repanda (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 Mdf. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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