If a three-stage cycle does exist, it is likely that the Salt Creek tiger beetle spends over a year in the third larval stage.
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Omus dejeani is a species of flightless tiger beetle ( Cicindelidae ) that occurs from British Columbia almost to northern California in dense, coastal forest.
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Predation has not yet been studied for " C . ohlone " larvae, but tiger beetle larva are hunted by ground-foraging woodpeckers, ants, and wasps.
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During the larval stage, the beetle will molt multiple times ( the precise number is unknown, but most other tiger beetles have three larval stages ).
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These species of tiger beetle have been observed to form communal roosts comprising anywhere from two to nine individuals at night and disbanding during the day.
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Efforts to save the plover even help the tiger beetles by reducing traffic over their burrows for a few weeks in the spring and early summer.
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Many other insects _ including grasshoppers, green lacewings and tiger beetles _ have evolved a bat countermeasure : " the bat sensitive ear, " as researchers say.
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The fastest species of tiger beetle can run at a speed of 9 km / h ( 5.6 mph ), or about 125 body lengths per second.
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The primary predators of tiger beetles are birds, lizards and other insects; however it is not yet known if " C . ohlone " have these same predators.
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You can tilt and rotate the 3-D models on the screen, so you can see a green tiger beetle from above, from the side or from a worm's-eye view.
