*Japanese name: Hanmyo *Scientific name: Cicindela chinensis japonica * Description: Tiger beetles have strong jaws and metallic blue, red and green bodies. The pattern on their bodies makes it ...

Adults have a green-bronze head and thorax, paired dark markings on their cream-colored forewings, large pinching jaws, and long legs that allow for fast movements pursuing prey. ... LIFE CYCLE: ...

“They have an annual life cycle,” he said. “Most of their life is in the soil.” Biologists have recorded the beetles feeding on more than 300 different types of plants, such as Virginia ...

NATURAL HISTORY. PURITAN BEACH TIGER BEETLE } Cicindela puritans FAMILY: Carabidae. DESCRIPTION: The Puritan tiger beetle is medium-sized (11.5mm in length for males and 12.4mm in length for females) ...