BREEDING: After first emerging around June 1, adult Salt Creek tiger beetles mate and females lay eggs in sloping, muddy, saline soil. Populations peak about two weeks after the beetles' initial ...
When it wants to fly, the beetle opens up the wing case and exposes the front wings. Beetles are also defined by their ability to through a four-stage life cycle: the eggs, the larva, the pupa ...
LIFE CYCLE: Northeastern beach tiger beetles have a two-year life ... THREATS: The greatest threats facing the northeastern beach tiger beetle are habitat destruction, pollution and sea-level rise.