Ground Beetles and allies

COLEOPTERA - ADEPHAGA
This room displays images of carabid beetles, tiger beetles, ground beetles, diving beetles, whirlgig beetles, etc. and their relatives.

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Unidentified Tiger Beetle <Cicindelidae>. photo: 09/2002, Sabah, Malaysia.	A Ground Beetle, Amara sp. or Marugata Gomimushi <Carabidae>. photo: 03/2003, Shiga, Japan.	Unidentified Whirligig Beetle. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia.



A Ground Beetle, Carabus albrechti, or Kuro Osamushi <Carabidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.	A Ground Beetle [1], Chlaenius posticalis, or Kiboshi Ao Gomimushi <Carabidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.	Japanese Tiger Beetle [1], Cicindela chinensis japonica, or Hanmyô <Cicindelidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.



A Tiger Beetle [1][2], Cicindela ovipennis, or Magatama Hanmyô <Cicindelidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.	Unidentified Whirlgig Beetle <Gyrinidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.	Japanese Tiger Beetle [2], Cicindela chinensis japonica,or Hanmyô <Cicindelidae>. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan.



A Tiger Beetle [3], Cicindela ovipennis, or Magatama Hanmyô <Cicindelidae>. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan.	A Ground Beetle [2], Chlaenius posticalis, or Kiboshi Ao Gomimushi <Carabidae>. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan.	A Ground Beetle [1][2], Amara obscuripes or Tsuya Marugata Gomimushi <Carabidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.



Spotted Tiger Beetle [1], or Cicindela aurulenta <Cicindelidae>. also classified as Taiwan Spotted Tiger Beetle Cosmodela batesi. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.	A Tiger Beetle, or Cylindera kaleea kaleea. <Cicindelidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.	Unidentified. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.



A Ground Beetle <Carabidae - platynini>. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.	A Tiger Beetle [1][2], Cicindela japana,or Niwa Hanmyô <Cicindelidae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.	A Ground Beetle, Notiphilus impressifrons,or Miyama Medaka Gomimushi <Carabidae - Nebriinae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.



An unidentified Ground Beetle <Carabidae - Harpalinae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.	Japanese Tiger Beetle [3], Cicindela chinensis japonica,or Hanmyô <Cicindelidae>. photo: 05/2006, Kôchi, Japan.	Japanese Tiger Beetle [4], Cicindela chinensis japonica,or Hanmyô <Cicindelidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.



A Whirlgig Beetle, Dineutus mellyi or Okinawa Oo Mizusumashi <Gyrinidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.	Unidentified Whirlgig Beetle <Gyrinidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.	A Ground Beetle, Chlaenius (Callistoides) deliciolus or Hitotsume Ao Gomimushi. <Carabidae>. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand.



Spotted Tiger Beetle [2], or Cicindela (Cosmodela) aurulenta <Cicindelidae>. photo: 09/2006, Khao Pra Bang Khram WR, Thailand	A Tiger Beetle, or Cicindela (Hypaetha) biramosa. <Cicindelidae>. photo: 09/2006, hat chao mai NP, Thailand	A Ground Beetle, Hemicarabus tuberculosus, or Seaka Osamushi <Carabidae>. photo: 05/2007, Ehime, Japan.



A Tiger Beetle [3], Cicindela japana,or Niwa Hanmyô <Cicindelidae>. photo: 05/2007, Ehime, Japan.	Unidentified Tiger Beetle <Cicindelidae>. photo: 08/2007, Evengué, Gabon.	Unidentified Tiger Beetle [1][2] <Cicindelidae>. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon.



Black Sky Tiger Beetle, Cicindela nigrocoerulea <Cicindelidae> probably. photo: 09/2008, Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona, USA.	Large Grassland Tiger Beetle, Cicindela obsoleta santaclarae <Cicindelidae> probably. photo: 09/2008, Cave Creek Canyon, Arizona, USA.	A Tiger Beetle, Cylindera kaleea yedoensis,or Tokyo Hime Hanmyô <Cicindelidae>. photo: 06/2009, Tokyo, Japan.

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exhibition rooms in this sector :

hymenoptera : sawflies | bees and digger wasps | ants | hornets | ichneumon wasps | other wasps
lepidoptera : inchworm moths || noctuid moths || hawk-moths || snout moths || other moths || swallowtails || whites || blues | riodinids || tigers & crows | palmflies & palm kings | morphos & evening browns | ringlets & treebrowns | Biblidinae | admirals & emperors | pansies & oak leaves | heliconiinae | sailers & gliders | other nymphalids || skippers || unidentified lepidopterans
diptera : true flies | mosquitoes and crane flies
coleoptera : ground beetles | scarabs | click beetles | lady beetles | leaf beetles | weevils | others
hemiptera : aphids & scales || cicadas & leafhoppers || aquatic bugs | assassin bugs | stink bugs
orthoptera : crickets | grasshoppers
dictyoptera : praying mantis | cockroaches | termites
odonata : dragonflies | damselflies
other group : other insects

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