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Family CARABIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Tree Trunk Tiger Beetles that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland,
- Subfamily
Cicindelinae, body length 20mm
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- We found this Tiger Beetle
waiting for prey on smooth gum tree trunk in Karawatha Forest during mid
summer. It flied away when we came closer. It came back to the same tree
trunk after we waited for a short while.
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- The beetle was grayish-black in
colour with white zigzag line across the back.
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- The
beetle ran fast on tree trunk. It has long legs, large eyes and large jaws for
predation. It chases after small insects on gum tree trunk.
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- This
Tiger Beetle is common on large smooth bark gum tree trunk in Karawatha
Forest. The beetle preys on ants. It is usually found resting 1-1.5 meter above
ground on tree trunk. They are active during the day.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 613.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p192 and Plate 17.
- 3. CARABIDAE - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2002.
- 4. Distipsidera undulata Westwood, 1837 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2002.
- 5. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.1 -
Matthews, E.G., 1980, p7.
- 6. Taxonomic Revision of the Australian Cicindelidae (Coleoptera), excluding Species of Cicindela
- Ruth Frances McCairns, Richard Freitag, H. A. Rose and F. J. D. McDonald, Invertebrate Taxonomy 11(4) 599 - 688, 1997.
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