tiger beetle

English

Noun

tiger beetle (plural tiger beetles)

1. Any active, carnivorous beetle (species) of the subfamily Cicindelinae.

   Most tiger beetle larvae tunnel in the soil.

   • 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae‎^[1]:

     I also noticed a couple of tiger beetle larval burrows in the hard-packed sandy soil and found a long, thin plant stem to “fish” the larvae out.

Derived terms

• Carolina metallic tiger beetle

 

Translations

any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae

• Arabic: الخنفساء النمرية
• Chinese: 虎甲
• Finnish: hietakiitäjäinen
• French: cicindèle (fr)
• German: Sandlaufkäfer
• Indonesian: kumbang macan
• Irish: ciaróg thíograch f
• Italian: cicindela
• Japanese: 斑猫 (ja) (はんみょう, hanmyō), ハンミョウ (ja) (hanmyō)
• Malay: kumbang harimau
• Maori: muremure, kūī, moeone
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• Russian: жук-скаку́н (ru) m (žuk-skakún)
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