Dispirited tiger beetle
The dispirited tiger beetle is a quick little hunter with long legs and big jaws. It runs fast over open ground to catch its food. It lives in the mountains and along the coast of western North America.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
There are two kinds of it. One lives high in the mountains, from southern Alaska all the way to California.
The other kind lives in a narrow strip near the Pacific coast and is called the Eureka tiger beetle.
Tiger beetles got their name because they hunt like little tigers, running down their food at top speed.
Most asked questions about Dispirited tiger beetle
?Where does the dispirited tiger beetle live?
In western North America, in mountain ranges from Alaska to California and near the Pacific coast.
?Is the dispirited tiger beetle dangerous?
No. It is a small hunter of insects and harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cicindela depressula
- Named by
- Casey, 1897
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cicindelidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cicindelidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Cicindela depressula (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 Sesamehoneytart. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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