The tiger beetle is a fierce predator as both an adult and a larva. Adults are fast and mobile hunters who run across the sand in short bursts or short, hopping flights to chase prey. They run so fast ...

HABITAT: The Miami tiger beetle is found only in small, sandy pockets of pine rockland habitat in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Pine rocklands are characterized by limestone outcrops, Florida slash pine ...

“The tiger beetles can only be found in these open ... The beetle can’t survive in crop fields, and its larvae are “unable to escape the impacts of tillage and are likely all killed during ...