My 1st Tiger Beetle (uncropped)

[jeorems]

CC&C is highly appreciated

[ming9866]

Tiger Beetle ... ? How big is it ?

[tchuanye]

Nice! can post a larger pic?

[nyxx88]

congrats!! those guys are not easy to shoot

[ming9866]

Do they fly ? are they fast ! or they are so small ?

Or all the above 3 ? Small , Fast & Fly !

[Luenny]

Are they easy to find? Where did you find this?

[jeorems]

@ ming9866 - quite small i dont how the exact size...

@ nyxx88 - agree, this guy has really test my patience

@ ming9866 - ALL of the above, how fast??? my friend told me that some tiger beetles can run at a speed of 5 mph

@ Luenny - somewhere in chesnut drive while walking

@ tchuanye - thanks...here is a bigger image

[Luenny]

Thanks Jeorems,
I caught a pic of one too while I was shooting butterfly the other day. I didn't know what they were except that they were running around causing the butterfly to fly away. So I took a shot of it and realize they were tiger beetle. Had been staring at them all the time without knowing what they were.

[Maconian]

Nice try on this fastest land insect in the world...
more please

[ming9866]

Wow ! Fastest in the world & you guys managed to capture it posing for you all .

[spidey89]

Originally Posted by ming9866 Do they fly ? are they fast ! or they are so small ? Or all the above 3 ? Small , Fast & Fly !

Not sure if they fly,they're pretty small i believe,and they're mighty fast

Originally Posted by Maconian Nice try on this fastest land insect in the world... more please

Originally Posted by ming9866 Wow ! Fastest in the world & you guys managed to capture it posing for you all .

Yup,definatly fastest land insect in the world,lol,i watched the show "The Most Xtreme",apparently,tigers beetles run so fast they can hardly see,a man size tiger beetle would run so fast,we will need a car that goes forgot how fast in order to catch up with them

[Maconian]

Originally Posted by spidey89 Not sure if they fly,they're pretty small i believe,and they're mighty fast Yup,definatly fastest land insect in the world,lol,i watched the show "The Most Xtreme",apparently,tigers beetles run so fast they can hardly see,a man size tiger beetle would run so fast,we will need a car that goes forgot how fast in order to catch up with them

This insect can sprint for about a speed of 5.6 mph. To convert its relative speed into human terms, a 6-foot man would move about 1026 feet per second or approximately 1/5 of a mile per second or 720 mph. This speed almost breaks the sound barrier at sea level (732 mph).

[ming9866]

Have to move very very slowy to shoot it then ... You guys deserves another and salute to have it captured & sharing with us !