Tiger beetle!

[CustomNature]

Just snapped a few pics of a Cicindela sexguttata I've been keeping for a few days. I had a little episode with him earlier as it escapped.

Here he is on the run!

And here is the result of trying to catch him...

 

[fangsalot]

wow!reminds me of the green goblin from spiderman!

 

[Scolopendra55]

Very nice I love tigers!! There's allot of em' around here in the summer :}

 

[Peter_Parker]

We see them every now and then here on the trails in the metro parks. Been trying to get my hands on some for the longest but when I do happen to see one they are so darn hard to catch :wall: . Can they be kept communally?

 

[CustomNature]

We see them every now and then here on the trails in the metro parks. Been trying to get my hands on some for the longest but when I do happen to see one they are so darn hard to catch :wall: . Can they be kept communally?

I'm keeping two each of the same species together and there hasnt been any problems. I believe they can be kept together as long as there is enough food and space provided.

 

[PERIKIN]

do you know if these tigers can be found in spain?and which zones is easier to find them?thank you!!

 

[CustomNature]

do you know if these tigers can be found in spain?and which zones is easier to find them?thank you!!

I'm not sure. I tried to look around on the internet to answer your question but I didnt come up with much. I'm sure some species are available though. You just need to look in a open, dry, dusty trail-like area and keep your eyes pealed for any bugs that fly about 5 meters or so ahead of you. Watch where they land, sneak up on them and toss your net over them! Chances are, it's a tiger beetle. :clap:

 

[beetleman]

man, tiger beetles rock!:worship: i also like the flightless ssp.(omus) and ofcourse...drumroll please MANTICORA giant african tiger beetle oooh what would i give for acouple of those:drool:

 

[Dark Raptor]

This specie looks almost like european Cicindela sylvatica

I've send you PM but I think I should post here some information about keeping these beetles for other AB users.

I've kept C. hybrida, common european specie. Here are pics how I've been keeping them:
http://arachnoboards.com/ab/showpost.php?p=440228&postcount=109
And freshly hatched larva
http://arachnoboards.com/ab/showpost.php?p=455745&postcount=123

You should use larger tanks filled with sand. One corner should be kept humid, because larvae develope in this type of substrate. I didn't noticed cannibalism among adults and larvae but it is possible. I've been giving them mealworms, Tribolium, Acanthoscelides obtectus, small crickets as food. 3 adults, that I captured earlier, 'produced' more than 150 larvae. I release most of them and left for myself only 20. After 1,5 - 2 months they reached L3 stage but then all of them mysteriously died.

EDIT: Now links are correct.

 

[Stumpfta]

A real easy way I was shown to catch tons of sexgutatta is to find a wooded area near by, go there around 8 or so in the morning while its still a little cooler out (and hopefully the mosquitos are still asleep) , find some old downed trees where the bark lifts off fairly easily in sheets, proceed to peel the bark off, look underneath and grab as many as you can while there still waking up. Then just replace the bark as best as you can and go back the next day if you want more. Just the other day my boss and I picked up 10 in 20 min. and probably missed another 20. Its also a great way to collect other beetles, native millies, etc. and its a lot easier on both the legs and the pride than chasing those quick little buggers when they're all warmed up and ready to go.

Hope this helps.
tanner

 

[Stylopidae]

Man...we have a lot of tiger beetles around here. I'd love to raise some.

Dark Raptor: Do you know why they died? I'm assuming not because of the use of the word mysteriously, but do you have theories?

The links didn't work for me.

Any tips for raising american species?

About the beetle I PMed you about...I decided to put it in a fishbowl that I had on my dresser, but forgot about the high nitrate level from triops that I had kept in there previously and it died overnight.

Man, am I having bad luck with beetles this year. First the scarites, and now this?

Hopefully I can get it to change with tigers

 

[Dark Raptor]

Man...we have a lot of tiger beetles around here. I'd love to raise some.

Dark Raptor: Do you know why they died? I'm assuming not because of the use of the word mysteriously, but do you have theories?
The links didn't work for me.

Any tips for raising american species?

I supose that their substrate was too dry.
I've edited links, now they should work correctly.
I think you can keep them in the same way. Most Cicindelinae species develope and live in sandy areas.

do you know if these tigers can be found in spain?and which zones is easier to find them?thank you!!

If you are looking for spanish or other european species check this site:
http://145.18.162.55/full_results.php?id=113579
(choose two tribes Cicindelini and Megacephalini and check distribution of all species)
There is also "Fauna Iberica". This is very good catalogue with all informations about spanish animals but I've got only part with Scarabaeidae family.

 

[Ant Worker]

Any tips for raising american species?

I've been keeping one I found outside my house for about 2-3 weeks now, I just put some dirt in a container and a stick and I toss in a dead cricket for it every now and then and I have no problems, of course, there is no breeding or burrowing.

Wouldnt be able to breed anyway, they are extremely hard to find.

 

[pronty]

I have seen two kinds of Tiger beetles at our cottage and near some birdwatching towers actually last sunday I saw some fast metallic green bugs which were probably C. campestris

Here are some old pics of mine:

Cicindela sylvatica

Cicindela campestris

 

[CustomNature]

A real easy way I was shown to catch tons of sexgutatta is to find a wooded area near by, go there around 8 or so in the morning while its still a little cooler out (and hopefully the mosquitos are still asleep) , find some old downed trees where the bark lifts off fairly easily in sheets, proceed to peel the bark off, look underneath and grab as many as you can while there still waking up. Then just replace the bark as best as you can and go back the next day if you want more. Just the other day my boss and I picked up 10 in 20 min. and probably missed another 20. Its also a great way to collect other beetles, native millies, etc. and its a lot easier on both the legs and the pride than chasing those quick little buggers when they're all warmed up and ready to go.

Hope this helps.
tanner

Hi stump. I was just wondering... do you have pretty common success with this method of collecting them, or is it like a hit or miss thing??? That would be sweet if I could just do that, rather than stalking around with a butterfly net! lol Anyway, I thought they burrowed at night, thats what I'm interested learning more about this technique.:?


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[GQ.]

Nice tigers pickle and pronty. Holdthepickle, that second shot really shows those jaws. Excellent shot.

 

[Stumpfta]

Hi stump. I was just wondering... do you have pretty common success with this method of collecting them, or is it like a hit or miss thing??? That would be sweet if I could just do that, rather than stalking around with a butterfly net! lol Anyway, I thought they burrowed at night, thats what I'm interested learning more about this technique.:?


The three times I've been after them so far it's taken no more than 20 min to catch a dozen. Didn't really catch where you were from but the method has been good as gold here in illinois. I haven't seen any of the other species that are supposed to occur around here but I see a ton of sexguttata.

hope it works out for ya,
tanner