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Green tiger beetle You can find them hunting on small insects on sandy roads and pads in and close to forests. Cicindela campestris,Cicindela hybrida,Green Tiger Beetle,Northern dune tiger beetle

Green tiger beetle

You can find them hunting on small insects on sandy roads and pads in and close to forests.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

They're little punks, always running away from me, stop, and then running again when I'm almost there.
Yet they are gorgeous. Posted 5 years ago
1. Paul Dirksen
  
  Lion
  
  I know the drill Ferdy, have been there too, it's the angle of approach I guess. Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. RMFelix
    
    Lion
    
    Hi! I believe this species is Cicindela hybrida, you can check here the matching species observation:
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122045300 in Cicindela campestris the lateral markings don't reach the middle line of the elytra. Posted 2 years ago

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The Northern dune tiger beetle

''Cicindela hybrida'', also known as the northern dune tiger beetle, has a wide distribution in the Palaearctic region.

Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by RMFelix

By Paul Dirksen

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Uploaded Mar 21, 2020. Captured Jun 17, 2019 09:20.

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Canon EOS 7D Mark II
f/9.0
1/512s
ISO160
400mm