Tiger beetle as predatory insects

Do you still remember one of these insect species?

In the habitat or in the life of insects, it is said to be one of the species that often hunts every kind of insect that is small from it, its very aggressive behavior makes other small insects always avoid its existence.

So that you are not curious about his behavior, we should know the origin so that we can better understand him and all his behavior in everyday life.

Let's find out about it!

Explanation of Tiger Beetle criteria

The description of the criteria for this beetle was adopted from one of the 12th grade biology textbooks

Sequense	Kingdom	Animalia
1	Phylum	Arthropoda
2	Class	Insecta
3	Ordo	Coleoptera
4	Subordo	Adephaga
5	Family	Carabidae
6	Subfamily	Cicindelinae

Latreille,	1802

So thus based on the scientific explanation that has been mentioned above, it can be said that it is one of the insects that is included in one type of insect that is often referred to as Coleoptera. This tiger beetle belongs to the same family as the koksi beetle, which always kills other insects that always attack plant pests in its own way, as well as the koksi beetle. Its existence in every plant is not as a plant hopper but as a friend of farmers.

Beetle Macan or Meno chilus sp

This tiger beetle is very difficult to find in our region, especially in the past few years, but in 2020 it has been seen again in every open area, and it really likes to live in every ornamental plant especially in flower plants, this is in do because in the area of ​​the plant there are often small beetles such as plant pests.

In general, he really likes sun exposure, this is because his body is always moist due to exposure to leaves or trees that have sweet sap, his enthusiasm who often wants to dry his body from moisture is a certain characteristic of him.

If you want to get to know him further, then you have to know certain characteristics because every object in this world must have certain characteristics. So that it will be easier for anyone to know.

Tiger beetle characteristics

As mentioned above, the tiger beetle has characteristics such as the clypeus which extends sideways beyond the base of the antenna which is located on its head, while the head itself is wider than an object called the pronotum (maybe you have understood it) because The pronotum is narrower when compared to the forewings

Besides having the things that have been previously mentioned, he also has a colored body color:

1. Brownish
2. Black
3. Green metallic
4. and is often patterned with love motives (💜)

There is one character who has long legs, is generally slender with body size 6-40 millimeters and sometimes even more depending on the species itself.

For the general public, recognize it in terms of the motifs found on the two wings, both on the left and right, with the symbol of love (💜) when the two wings are exposed to the sun, it will show a striking color from the logo on the wings.

Become a reliable predators

In the animal world, being a predator is commonplace and not a problem legally even though life will actually be comfortable when adopting certain laws. So thus humans adopt it so that life is always comfortable in a civilized life. Therefore, humans themselves always uphold a law and it will still apply to every human life but it applies not to animals. So it is not surprising that eagles prey on snakes, snakes prey on frogs, toads prey on beetles chasing leaves and even the smallest of creatures will continue this food chain as long as this world lasts.

Likewise with this type of beetle, it also adopts this system, which is to become a predatory beetle and will always prey on various types of small insects, including the koksi beetle, even though the koksi beetle is also a predator of other insect species.

This tiger beetle is very true to its name in the form of a tiger that often preys on every species of insect like a tiger that always preys on other animals. Its fierce stature will always prey on other insects by waiting in its nest holes made in a wooden tree trunk, when it gets its prey then it is carried and executed in its nest.

Not a plant pest

People often assume that, every beetle is a pest or planthoppers for agricultural crops, both fruit and other crops. This statement can be true or false with every beetle, because not all beetles eat leaves, but there are also some non-leaf meat-eating beetles.
Examples include the Tiger beetle, Koksi beetle, agitated beetle and several other species that live by hunting every other type of beetle as their staple food.

If it's not a pest then why is it in every trunk of the fruit tree?

Its existence in every fruit tree trunks such as mango trees, avocado trees, langsat trees and several other timber trees because they build their nests in wooden tree trunks that are hollowed out to a depth of 6 cm or 3 cm.

Their presence in the tree trunk by means of perforating every gap in the tree has no effect on the tree itself and is not considered a pest.
Small holes are found in the trunk of the tree in a small number and in a small size so that they do not affect the development of fruiting trees.

Then they also like to nest in the mound under the fruit plants so that it is easier to catch any kinds of beetles that pass through the nest.
This is a brief explanation of the tiger beetle that is often seen around large fruit trees and which is often seen on every mound of soil under the tree which is useful for farmers in managing their crops.

Hopefully useful and thank you very much