Place your name, county, club, number of Orders, number of specimens and year of collection on a piece of white tape across the top edge of the display box. This assists the judges in looking at your collection. Make your collection as neat and pleasing to the eye as possible. 120 to 150 specimens representing 12 to 15 Orders will often look better in a collection than many more insects jumbled together. Featured Insect Tiger Beetles Tiger beetles are voracious predators, chasing down and flying after their prey and using their sickle-shaped jaws to secure the victim.
Many species have iridescent coloration.
They are usually found on or near bare ground and often run afoul of people and their activities. These beetles may be making a comeback because of changes in farming practices, i.e. no-till farming. Tiger beetle larvae are also highly predaceous and sit in burrows waiting to ambush passing prey which they drag underground to devour. The tiger beetle is referred to as the butterfly of the beetles. They are usually nocturnal and often easily caught in pitfall traps.