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Montane tiger beetle

Pseudoxycheila tarsalis

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Description:

Coleoptera, fast moving, big fangs, color blues, two yellow spots in ea h elytra.

Habitat:

Garden of a house.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago
Montane tiger beetle
Pseudoxycheila tarsalis Pseudoxycheila tarsalis (Central American montane tiger beetle) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


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8 Comments

Anne Marie McCaffrey
Anne Marie McCaffrey 10 years ago

Beautiful beetle! Would you please add it to the Mission: Beetles of Costa Rica?
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1270...

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Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Wonderful !

ToddTahtinen
ToddTahtinen 11 years ago

Beautiful Tiger Beetle

tmvdh
tmvdh 11 years ago

Nice shots!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow, incredible, nice color!!

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

Awesome beetle! Several internet sources have this listed as Pseudoxycheila tarsalis.

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ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Really striking!

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Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

This is a Tiger beetle (Cicindellidae)

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Rock35
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Rock35

San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jun 24, 2012
Submitted on Jun 24, 2012

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