Family Carabidae Rank Species | Order Coleoptera | |
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Similar Cicindela, Tricondyla, Collyris, Cicindela hybrida, Cicindela repanda | ||
Cicindela aurulenta feeding
Cicindela aurulenta, common name Blue-spotted or Golden-spotted tiger beetle, is a beetle of the Carabidae family.
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Tiger beetle cicindela aurulenta by nib
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.
Distribution
This species occurs in southern China, Thailand and Malaysia.
References
Cicindela aurulenta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA