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The Sand Hunter - _TNY_0754

The Swedish name for this green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) I found in the Tyresta National Park just south of Stockholm, Sweden is "grön sandjägare", meaning "green sand hunter.

 

It's a fitting name as they are fast predators, using their great running speed to hunt down prey which can be just about anything smaller than itself.

 

The larvae is also a fierce predator, burrowing down into the ground and using their huge jaws in much the same fashon as ant lins do.

 

I've never come across a larvae myself, but maybe this season, the national park will offer up one to me.

 

I have collected all my shots of this species in an album here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/albums/72157719182564816

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Uploaded on March 29, 2022
Taken on May 11, 2021