#cicindelidae

[iridescent-wildlife]

Festive Tiger Beetle (Cicindela scutellaris). Family Cicindelidae, order Coleoptera.

Just realized I've literally never posted a tiger beetle, despite them being one of my favorite insects.

Great Salt Plains NWR, Oklahoma, USA. April 2026.

[herpsandbirds]

Versicolor Tiger Beetle (Cylindera versicolor), family Cicindelidae, Mount Trusmadi, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by Janice Ang

[herpsandbirds]

Tiger Beetle (Jansenia rugosiceps), family Cicindelidae, Vithura, Kerala, India

photograph by Santosh Roy

[herpsandbirds]

Bolivian Ornate Tiger Beetle (Pometon bolivianus), family Cicindelidae, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

photograph by Lauren Mont

[herpsandbirds]

Crimson Salt-flat Tiger Beetle (Cicindela fulgida), family Cicindelidae, Fountain, Colorado, USA

photograph by Rose Ludwig

[wikipediapictures]

Neocollyris discretegrossesculpta

“Size: 13,7 mm Location: Vietnam North, Vinh Phuc Prov., vic. Tam Dao Town, Tam Dao National Park, 700-1000 m leg. A.Skale, 2.-5.V.2013; det. J.Wiesner, 2013” - via Wikimedia Commons

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

If lions are the king of the jungle, then tiger beetles are the kings of the garden! There are about 2,600 identified species of tiger beetle, and nearly all of them are known for being fast and deadly. Their name comes from their powerful jaws, which they use to catch and consume a variety of other insects-- sometimes several times their size!

(Image: A Northeastern tiger beetle (Cicindela dorsalis) by wasatch_hunter)

[saritawolf]

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost