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_8141 Hamilton's tiger beetle (Cicindela hamiltoni) native ground predator, active on warm days running over sandy riverbeds searching for prey. Molesworth Station, Marlborough *
11005-70108 Cosmopolitan diving beetle (Rhantus suturalis) common throughout NZ, and found overseas. In ponds, water troughs and the edges of lakes. Dunedin *