New Zealand Invertebrates

DSC_4185 South Island tiger beetle (Cicindela latecincta) emerging from burrow. A ground predator, active on warm days running over clay banks. The grubs, also known as 'penny doctors' live in deep holes on clay banks, eating insects which walk by. Lake Waihola *

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DSC_4185 South Island tiger beetle (Cicindela latecincta) emerging from burrow. A ground predator, active on warm days running over clay banks. The grubs, also known as 'penny doctors' live in deep holes on clay banks, eating insects which walk by. Lake Waihola *

DSC 4185 tiger beetle South Island beetle Cicindela latecincta clay bank Lake Waihola