This video is called Green Tiger Beetle.
Entomologists report from Texel island in the Netherlands.
They have investigated beetles in the ‘t Grietje area near De Koog village.
They saw over 100 green tiger beetles. This species had been absent from the island for decades; and is present again since 2004.
The entomologists saw three Platyderus depressus beetles in ‘t Grietje. This species lives only on Texel, not anywhere else in the Netherlands.
Also found: five other beetle species, including Stomis pumicatis.
There were five bee species: honeybee; Andrena argentata; Colletes succinctus; large earth bumblebee; and white-tailed bumblebee.
Texel dead wood wildlife: here.
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The green colouring on this beetle is stunning! Kitty, do you know why it is called the green tiger beetle?. I didn’t see any stripes, but maybe they are subtle. So glad this species has made a comeback:)
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More on green tiger beetles:
http://www.arkive.org/green-tiger-beetle/cicindela-campestris/
This species sometimes has spots on its back, but sometimes it has not 🙂
On the tiger beetle sub-family:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_beetle
Maybe they are called tiger beetles, because of “their aggressive predatory habits and running speed”, as Wikipedia says. Or maybe because some species, like the one pictured in the Wikipedia article, have tiger-like black and yellow colours.
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