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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Tiger Beetles</title>
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		<title>Possibly Schaupp&#8217;s Tiger Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/12/possibly-schaupps-tiger-beetle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[jumping sand bug
November 12, 2009
I found this bug while walking on the beach in galveston, texas. They were jumping everywhere like fleas! They are over a centimeter long. Their undersides are metallic green, from the top they are brown with a whitish pattern
Michelle D.
Gelveston, TX, USA
Hi Michelle,
This is a beneficial predatory Tiger Beetle.  We believe, [...]


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		<title>Mating Purple Tiger Beetles, we believe</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/16/mating-purple-tiger-beetles-we-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mountain Bug love
October 16, 2009
Found these two love-bugs while hiking a mountain in the Hudson Valley region of New York state during late spring. I&#8217;m not sure what they are, but I think they&#8217;re in love  .
Tori
Hudson Valley, New York
Hi Tori,
These are mating Tiger Beetles in the genus Cicindela.  There are numerous species illustrated [...]


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		<title>Harmless Carolina Tiger Beetle:  Dead after entering home</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/09/harmless-carolina-tiger-beetle-dead-after-entering-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[what is this called?
August 9, 2009
I don&#8217;t see these very often, but this one got inside or I wouldn&#8217;t have had to kill it. It is a gorgeous bug, with irridescent colours and moves really fast. and i&#8217;m just curious what it&#8217;s called.
thanks, Kelli
Griffin, Georgia
Dear Kelli,
This is a harmless predatory Carolina Tiger Beetle, Tetracha carolina, [...]


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		<title>Hairy Necked Tige Beetle, Pacific Coast Tiger Beetle, or other species???</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/01/hairy-necked-tige-beetle-pacific-coast-tiger-beetle-or-other-species/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2 pollinators 1 fuzzy-legged jumper
July 31, 2009
1 green pollinator, 1 brown pollinator, 1 maybe cricket with fuzzy grayish fizz on legs&#8230;all at coast in San Luis Obispo County, CA
Denise
San Luis Obispo County, CA coast
Dear Denise,
It is impossible for us to respond to every email we receive, so we must select which letters get responses and [...]


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		<title>Carolina Tiger Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/21/carolina-tiger-beetle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/21/carolina-tiger-beetle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rainbow Bug
July 20, 2009
this is a bug we found wandering on the ground while playing with my son. Its colors were so brilliant in the sunlight that i captured it to get a better look. I think it is some kind of beetle because of its jaw&#8230;but its coloring is unlike anything ive ever seen. [...]


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		<title>Tiger Beetle Larva</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/14/tiger-beetle-larva-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/14/tiger-beetle-larva-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What kind of bug is this?!
July 13, 2009
Ok, we&#8217;ve been catching these things since i can remember and we&#8217;ve always called them doodlebugs, but after researching on the internet it seems that my family must be the only ones who call these doodlebugs! So, i&#8217;m just curious as to what they really are called. We [...]


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		<title>Six Spotted Tiger Beetles Mating</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/31/six-spotted-tiger-beetles-mating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 16:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green metallic beetle (?) love
Sat, May 30, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Hi Bugman, we found this handsome green couple on a sunny rock at Great Falls Park in MD (they were so preoccupied that they failed to even notice the garter snake we were watching mere inches away). I&#8217;m wondering if they&#8217;re borers of some kind [...]


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		<title>Six Spotted Tiger Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/19/six-spotted-tiger-beetle-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 05:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this a Six-spotted Tiger Beetle?
Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Hello,
I was digging in by backyard today when I came across this beautiful beetle. After looking through some Field Guides I guess it may be a Six-spotted Tiger Beetle, but on of them said that they usually don&#8217;t occur in Michigan. I was hoping [...]


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		<title>Three species of Tiger Beetles from Wyoming</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/17/three-species-of-tiger-beetles-from-wyoming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 14:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tiger Beetles
Sun, May 17, 2009 at 4:32 AM
Hi Lisa Anne and Daniel, thank you for your generous remarks of 5/10. Central WY has been cool and uncharacteristically cloudy this spring, Lepidoptera seem less evident and other orders more so. These tiger beetles especially have stood out. Please correct my i.d.s where necessary.
Your site is still [...]


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		<title>Six Spotted Tiger Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/28/six-spotted-tiger-beetle-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turquoise colored beetle
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 8:23 AM
On Saturday 4/25/09 at 11:30 A.M. while hiking in the decidious woods of the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois, I saw this pretty beetle sitting on a log by itself in the middle of an upland woods. It did exhibit any unusual behavior and it just [...]


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