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Golden-spotted tiger beetle(金斑虎甲)

Cicindela aurulenta

Description:

Cicindela aurulenta reaches about 16–18 millimetres (0.63–0.71 in) in length. Elytra are dark blue- green, with six large yellow or bluish spots and two smaller spots on the shoulders. Also pronotum and head are dark blue-green. It has giant prominent compound eyes, large jaws and pale colored hairs on the abdomen and legs.

Habitat:

This species occurs in Thailand、Malaysia and south China.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Spotted Tiger Beetle
Cicindela aurulenta Spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) - Malaysian Borneo


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2 Comments

Ketze
Ketze 10 years ago

Thank you!

TicThapanya
TicThapanya 10 years ago

nice shot, This is Tiger beetle.

Ketze
Spotted by
Ketze

惠州市, 广东, Paracel Islands

Spotted on Jun 3, 2013
Submitted on Jun 3, 2013

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