Carolina metallic tiger beetle
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Etymology
[edit]From Carolina + metallic + tiger beetle.
Noun
[edit]Carolina metallic tiger beetle (plural Carolina metallic tiger beetles)
- (coleopterology) Tetracha carolina, a species of tiger beetle.
- Synonym: Carolina tiger beetle
- 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae[1]:
- I managed to snag the larva in one of the burrows, which I believe is Tetracha carolina (Carolina metallic tiger beetle) by virtue of the thin white margin around the prothorax and the open habitat in which the larval burrow occurred.
Further reading
[edit]Tetracha carolina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia