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Green Tiger Beetle This is a heavy crop, unfortunately I could not get closer to this beautiful insect. It kept seeing me and jumping and flying away. Cicindela campestris,Green Tiger Beetle,Heesch,Macro Click/tap to enlarge

Green Tiger Beetle

This is a heavy crop, unfortunately I could not get closer to this beautiful insect. It kept seeing me and jumping and flying away.

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  1. View Graeme Ruck's profile
    Graeme Ruck
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    stunning insect,great pattern Posted 12 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Here's a nice closeup by Joost:

      Green Tiger beetle (Cicindela Campestris) There where brown sand beetles everywhere, like one ever 10 meters of path. But only a few of the where the green ones so I really had to look at the color of the sand beetles all the time to find a green one.<br /> <br /> Tiger beetles are robbers which eat ants and other crawling insects. These jaws are not just to impress the females but to actually cut other insects in half.<br /> <br /> Dutch name: Groene zandloopkever Cicindela campestris,Geotagged,Green Tiger Beetle,The Netherlands
       Posted 12 years ago
      1. View Graeme Ruck's profile
        Graeme Ruck
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        thanks for that. The jaws are amazing Posted 12 years ago

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The Green Tiger Beetle

"Cicindela campestris", commonly called the green tiger beetle, is a widespread Eurasian species of tiger beetle.

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Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Aug 16, 2013. Captured Aug 3, 2013 17:24.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/14.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO220
  • 105mm