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THE CICINDELIDÆ OF KANSAS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Warren Knaus
Warren Knaus
Affiliation:
McPherson, Kansas.
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One of the most popular families among the Coleoptera to the student and collector is that of the Cicindelidœ. Generally bright coloured and handsomely marked, quick to take flight and rapid runners, it requires some skill and considerable patience to become a successful hunter of the “tiger” beetle. Their capture is generally attended with considerable personal discomfort, as their favourite haunt is the muddy bank of a stream, the hot sand bar or dune, or the burning flat of a salt marsh, from which the noon-tide breezes on a July or August day seem to remind one of the temperature of the home of the evil-doer in the hereafter. It is in the hottest part of the day from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m., that most species of this family appear in the open.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , April 1900 , pp. 109 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1900

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