Hairy-necked tiger beetle
Cicindela hirticollis
The hairy-necked tiger beetle is a speedy hunter of sandy beaches. Its back is dark brown with creamy white markings. You can spot it running over the sand on warm summer days.
Lives in
North America, on sandy beaches and sand bars of rivers and lakes
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. It may give a little nip if you hold it, so it is better to just watch.
What does it eat?
Like other tiger beetles, it hunts small insects and other little animals.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Hairy-necked tiger beetle about 1.2 km/h (0.75 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 active in summer.
2
There are 11 different kinds of it in different parts of North America.
3
There are fewer and fewer of them, so their sandy beaches need protecting.
you asked
Most asked questions about Hairy-necked tiger beetle
?Where does the hairy-necked tiger beetle live?
On sandy beaches and sand bars in North America.
?Is the hairy-necked tiger beetle dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people, though it may nip if you hold it.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cicindela hirticollis
- Named by
- Say, 1817
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Moustached tiger beetle
Where the facts come from
- Cicindela hirticollis (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 Judy Gallagher. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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