TIGERBEETLE
Tiger beetle
Tiger beetles are a large group of beetles known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest species of tiger beetle can run at a speed of 9 km/h, which, relative to its body length, is about 22 times the speed of former Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson, the equivalent of a human running at . As of 2005, about 2,600 species and subspecies were known, with the richest diversity in the Oriental region, followed by the Neotropics.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Tiger beetle
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tiger beetle
Noun
- Any active, carnivorous beetle (species) of the subfamily ''''.
- ''Most tiger beetle larvae tunnel in the soil
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