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- Beetles in this family usually have a flat body. They have long legs and
running fast. Most of them are predators with prominent mandibles and palps,
They hunt for small insects either on ground or on tree trunks. Some of them
are flightless. Most are active at night.
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- We found one species in the family. It is
belong to the subfamily
Cicindelinae. The beetles in this subfamily are also known as Tiger
Beetles.
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- Subfamily
Cicindelinae, body length 20mm
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- We found this Tiger Beetle
waiting for prey on smooth gum tree trunk in Karawatha Forest during mid
summer. It flied away when we came closer to it. It came back to the same tree
trunk after we waited for a short while.
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- The beetle was grayish-black in
colour with white zigzag line across the back.
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- The
beetle ran fast on tree trunk. It has long legs, large eyes and large jaws for
predation. It chases after small insects on gum tree trunk.
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- This
Tiger Beetle is common on large smooth bark gum tree trunk in Karawatha
Forest. The beetle prey on ants. It is usually found resting 1-1.5 meter above
ground on tree trunk. They are active during the day.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 613.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p192 and Plate 17.
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