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:

     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 Bulgarian: ти́гров бръ́мбар m (tígrov brǎ́mbar) Chinese: 虎甲 (hǔjiǎ) Mandarin: 虎甲蟲 / 虎甲虫 (hǔjiǎchóng) 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 Polish: trzyszcz m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: жук-скаку́н (ru) m (žuk-skakún) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Turkish: kaplan böcek, uyuz sineği