Littoral tiger beetle
Calomera littoralis
The littoral tiger beetle is a fast-running hunting beetle. It lives in Europe and Asia, especially near the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Littoral is a word that means by the shore.
Lives in
Europe and Asia, especially around the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Not dangerous to people. It is a quick little hunter, so it is best just to watch it.
What does it eat?
Tiger beetles usually hunt small insects. But one kind of this beetle has been seen eating corn and even cooked pasta.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Littoral 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
One kind of it was the first tiger beetle ever seen eating plant food.
2
Lots of them were spotted eating corn and cooked pasta, which is very unusual for a tiger beetle.
3
The kind that ate the pasta is common in southern Europe.
you asked
Most asked questions about Littoral tiger beetle
?What does the littoral tiger beetle eat?
Tiger beetles mostly hunt small insects, but this one has also been seen eating corn and cooked pasta.
?Where does the littoral tiger beetle live?
In Europe and Asia, especially around the Mediterranean and Black seas.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Calomera littoralis
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Cicindelidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Cicindelidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Cicindela littoralis (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 Siga. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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