Coastal tiger beetle
Ellipsoptera hamata
The coastal tiger beetle is a fast little hunter from the Americas. Tiger beetles have big eyes and sharp jaws and race after their prey on long legs. As its name tells you, this one lives by the coast.
Lives in
Central and North America, along the coast
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. It may nip if you catch it, so just watch it run.
What does it eat?
Like other tiger beetles, it chases and catches small insects.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Coastal 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
Tiger beetles are super fast runners and chase down their food.
2
It belongs to a group called the flashy tiger beetles.
3
Scientists split it into four subspecies, slightly different groups of the same beetle.
you asked
Most asked questions about Coastal tiger beetle
?Where does the coastal tiger beetle live?
In Central and North America, along the coast.
?What does the coastal tiger beetle eat?
Small insects that it chases and catches.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ellipsoptera hamata
- Named by
- Audouin & Brullé, 1839
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cicindelidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cicindelidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Ellipsoptera hamata (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 Insects Unlocked. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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