A fast-running predatory beetle which has spotted or striped wing cases and flies in sunshine. The larvae live in tunnels from which they snatch passing insect prey.
虎甲科的甲虫
Family Cicindelidae: Cicindela and other genera
Example sentencesExamples
This tiger beetle, a common element of the forest fauna, is one of the largest in Trinidad.
It is unclear why the chiasmatic systems in other Coleoptera are evolutionarily less stable than the achiasmatic system in tiger beetles.
As an adult, the tiger beetle is one of the top insect predators on the beach.
The Ohlone tiger beetle, an insect that exists only in Santa Cruz County, California, received final protection as an endangered species on October 3.
Wilson briefly described a ‘waiting game’ between tiger beetles and their prey in which prey stopped moving when approached by the beetles.
Definition of tiger beetle in US English:
tiger beetle
nounˈtīɡər ˈbēdl
A fast-running predatory beetle which has spotted or striped wing cases and flies in sunshine. The larvae live in tunnels from which they snatch passing insect prey.
虎甲科的甲虫
Family Cicindelidae: Cicindela and other genera
Example sentencesExamples
It is unclear why the chiasmatic systems in other Coleoptera are evolutionarily less stable than the achiasmatic system in tiger beetles.
As an adult, the tiger beetle is one of the top insect predators on the beach.
Wilson briefly described a ‘waiting game’ between tiger beetles and their prey in which prey stopped moving when approached by the beetles.
The Ohlone tiger beetle, an insect that exists only in Santa Cruz County, California, received final protection as an endangered species on October 3.
This tiger beetle, a common element of the forest fauna, is one of the largest in Trinidad.