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	Tiger Beetle
		Tiger beetles are voracious predators, chasing down and flying after their prey and using their sickle-shaped jaws to secure the victim.
		This beetle was chasing the plentiful brine flies which feed on algae at the lakes edge.
		Tiger beetle larvae are also highly predaceous and sit in sand burrows waiting to ambush passing prey which they drag underground to devour.
	www.insects.org /entophiles/coleoptera/cole_001.html (146 words)

	General Ecology
		A tiger beetle larva constructs a burrow and waits at the burrow's entrance, blocking the opening with its large, sclerotized head.
		Female tiger beetles bear grooves or coupling sulci, one sulcus on either side of the prothorax that receive the male mandibles.
		Tiger beetle larvae develop through 3 instars over a period of 1 to 4 years (depending on the species) before pupating.
	www.ndsu.nodak.edu /ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/General_ecology.htm (721 words)

	Articles - Beetle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Beetles are generally characterised by a particularly hard exoskeleton, and the hard wing-cases (elytra) which tend to cover the hind part of the body and protect the second wings, the alae.
		The larva of a beetle is often called a grub and represents the principal feeding stage of the life-cycle.
		In these beetles the testes are tubular and the first abdominal sternum (a plate of the exoskeleton) is divided by the hind coxae (the basal joints of the beetle's legs).
	www.fruit-center.com /articles/Beetle (2091 words)

	beetle on Encyclopedia.com
		Many beetles are highly destructive pests of crops and gardens (e.g., Japanese beetle, potato beetle, boll weevil), but others are beneficial predators of harmful insects (e.g., ladybird beetles).
		The largest of the many beetle families is the scarab beetle family, with over 20,000 species; among these are the dung beetles, which are invaluable scavengers.
		The spray nozzle of the bombardier beetle, Brachinus favicollis Erwin.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b1/beetle.asp (683 words)

	Beetles of North America - Cirrus Digital Imaging
		Beetles are the dominant form of life on earth: one of every five living species is a beetle, and one fourth of all animals are beetles.
		The name coleoptera means "sheath wings." Most beetles have large prominent compound eyes, and there are many different types of beetle antennae: threadlike, clubbed, antennae with leaf-like structures at the tip, so-called longhorn beetles with antennae up to 2 1/2 times their body length.
		Since beetles are cold-blooded, their body temperature is usually insufficient to to permit the wing muscles to move rapidly enough for flight.
	www.cirrusimage.com /beetles.htm (628 words)

	Gordon's Tiger Beetle Page
		The Cicindelidae, or Tiger Beetles are a common and popular family of Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga).
		The larva turns its egg chamber into a tunnel using its head as a shovel to push the soil from the hole after loosening it with its mandibles, the holes can be as much as 200 cm deep by the time the larva has reached its final instar in some species.
		The prey is eventually dragged to the bottom of the hole where it is eaten, Tiger Beetle larva eat most things that they can get in their holes.
	www.earthlife.net /insects/cicindel.html (762 words)

	Ohlone tiger beetle
		Adult tiger beetles are medium-sized, elongate beetles characterized by their usually brilliant metallic green, blue, red, and yellow coloration highlighted by stripes and spots.
		However, tiger beetle burrows, measuring 4 to 6 mm in diameter (0.16 to 0.23 in), were found in the same habitat areas where adult Ohlone tiger beetles were collected (David Kavanaugh, California Academy of Sciences, pers.
		First, many tiger beetle species are known to be restricted to specific habitats (Pearson 1988; Knisley and Hill 1992; Pearson and Cassola 1992), such as the open native grassland occupied by the Ohlone tiger beetle.
	www.santacruzpl.org /ref/endang/cicinde.shtml (2115 words)

	Tiger Beetles of Ontario
		This tantalizingly rare tiger beetle is a stunning species with an iridescent green background colour marked with characteristic large, ivory-white, markings that distinguish it from the similar, but very common Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata).
		Most tiger beetles burrow in open, usually sandy, places where their round, open burrow entrances join wasp and bee diggings in giving such places the pock-marked appearance that tells the astute observer that much of interest is going on.
		Cicindela repanda is one of a number of superficially similar, brownish tiger beetles found in the province, and is separated from similar species by the shallow C-shaped marking on the shoulder, and the complete squiggly line near the middle of each wing cover.
	www.uoguelph.ca /~samarsha/tiger-beetles.htm (1306 words)

	The Beetle Ring - Home Page
		This web ring is a group of sites about beetles, and I hope that it will serve as an effective means of helping coleopterists, beetle breeding hobbyists and others to locate information about this fascinating group of invertebrates.
		Beetles (especially scarabs) are an order of insects with which I have long been interested, and I founded this ring on 16 April 2000 after completing an update to one of my own beetle sites, Family SCARABAEIDAE.
		If all you have is a page or two about beetles amongst a variety of pages which deal with completely unrelated subjects that are not directly relevant to the natural history community, please do not apply for membership.
	www.naturalworlds.org /beetlering (558 words)

	SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project: Tiger Beetle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The tiger beetle is usually found in inhabiting tropics.
		They are the largest American beetles that are found in the sandy regions in the Midwestern United States.
		Tiger beetles evolved to ground dwelling, a result of losing their wings.
	www.schoolworld.asn.au /species/tbeetle.html (261 words)

	19th century museum specimens help plan reintroduction of endangered tiger beetle
		This suggests that the human impacts leading to the fragmentation of these tiger beetle populations resulted in the genetic "fixation" of the single-letter DNA shuffle that became a permanent feature of the tiger beetles' genomes in these increasingly isolated populations.
		They discovered considerably more variation at this genetic site across the historical range of the specimens analyzed, suggesting that human impacts led to the fragmentation of these tiger beetle populations and the concomitant single-letter DNA shuffle that became permanent features of the tiger beetles' genomes in these increasingly isolated populations.
		In this case, the authors advocate independent management of the New England and the Chesapeake Bay tiger beetle populations, despite the fact that the genetic distinctness between the two populations arose only recently.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2003-06/fm-1cm062703.php (643 words)

	The Salt Creek Tiger Beetle: Our Newest Federally Endangered Insect
		This photograph of the Salt Creek tiger beetle was taken by Joel Sartore outside of Lincoln, Nebraska.
		The salt creek tiger beetle is one of the rarest insects in the world and occupies one of the most restricted ranges of any insect in the United States.
		The Salt Creek tiger beetle is an active, ground-dwelling, predatory insect that captures other arthropods in a ''tiger-like'' manner by grasping prey with its mandibles (mouthparts).
	www.xerces.org /Endangered/Salt_Creek_Tiger_Beetle.htm (446 words)

	Tiger beetle
		Tiger beetles are closely related to ground beetles.
		Most tiger beetles are active during sunny days and are frequently seen in sandy areas such as along the shores of rivers and streams, resting on the surface and then running or flying quickly away when approached.
		Both adult and larval stages of tiger beetles feed on a wide variety of insects and are generally considered to be beneficial.
	insects.tamu.edu /fieldguide/bimg129.html (387 words)

	Tiger Beetles
		Catalogue of the tiger beetles of Canada & the U.S.,R.Freitag.
		Northeastern tiger beetles J.G. Leonard & R. Bell.
		The biology of tiger beetles C.B. Knisley & T.D. Schultz.
	www.uvm.edu /~rtbell/Tigers.html (320 words)

	Coleoptera - Beetles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Round-headed borers are larvae of long-horned beetles, flat-headed borers are larvae of metallic wood-boring beetles, and moth borers are wood chewing caterpillars.
		Among the fascinating creatures adapted to the sandy habitats of field and shore are the ant-lions and tiger beetles.
		Presents a description of the horned beetle which are either valued as recyclers or despised as pests.
	www.eagle.ca /~matink/themes/Insects/beetles.html (901 words)

	Types of Behavioral Activity Demonstrated by the Great Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle - Insects - Middle School On-line ...
		Beetles exhibit relatively slow movements and hold their abdomens close to sand surface for warmth.
		This is a general term for adults actively in search of prey, or searching for mates if the season is appropriate.
		Adults continue to forage or search, but in a stilted position, in which the beetle straightens its legs to push its abdomen as far off the sand as possible, to keep the insect from overheating.
	www.nps.gov /archive/grsa/resources/curriculum/mid/insects/images/adult_behaviors.htm (154 words)

	Japanese Tiger Beetle
		This little beauty is the Japanese Tiger Beetle, known to its friends (at least the Latin speaking ones) as Cicindela Japonica.
		I first came across it in the gravelled grounds of the Chion-in temple in Kyoto, Japan.
		The other very obvious features, common to most of the many varieties of tiger beetle found around the world, are the large "bug eyes" (which is probably what you should expect from a bug).
	www.richard-seaman.com /Insects/Japan/Beetles/Tiger/index.html (249 words)

	Tiger Beetle World Main Menu (Home)
		TIGER BEETLE BIOLOGY - Introduction / Life Cycle
		TIGER BEETLE ECOLOGY - Adults / Larvae / Pupae / Natural Enemies
		TIGER BEETLE IDENTIFICATION - Checklist of Species from North America, Central America, and the West Indies / Identification Keys /
	members.aol.com /yesedu/home.html (147 words)

	Tiger Beetle Mask
		This finely detailed Tiger Beetle mask glows iridescent under fl light and the feelers move realistically with the wearers movement.
		Mask also has inner comfort bands that keep the mask in place.
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	www.specter-studios.com /site/941498/product/8102-00 (110 words)

	GUMO Coleoptera (beetles) Photo Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Note: To see the full picture click on the relevant photograph.
		stink beetle / skunk beetle / olive beetle / acrobat beetle / tip beetle
		Note: This is a personal web site and is not affiliated with the National Park Service or Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
	uci.net /~pondhawk/GUMO/orders/Coleoptera/images (69 words)

	GAKKEN'S PHOTO ENCYCLOPEDIA "ANTS" : Ant's enemy (2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		If a parasitic fly lays eggs in an ant, even the ant larvae in the nest are consumed.
		A Formica japonica ant has been caught by a tiger beetle
		An assassin bug (Reduviid) catching a Camponotus japonicus ant
	ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp /INTRODUCTION/Gakken79E/Page_15.html (138 words)

	Koday's Kids Amazing Insects
		www.thais.it - entomology - - Great photos of butterflies, wasps, and beetles
		Cedric's Insect Pages - - - Outstanding photographs of mantids, stick insects and beetles - Don't miss this site!
		University of Florida Insect Links - Lots of insects sites to check out!
	www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us /4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html (228 words)

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