Tiger Beetle Running Around ハンミョウとの出会い

Meet a tiger beetle (Cicindelia japonica japonica, family Cicindelidae) on the prowl. Early-May 2009 in Japan.
Soundtrack (audioswapped): "Tiger Stomp (Edit)" by Strider.

美しい斑猫と今季初遭遇。こちらが動いたり追いかけたりすると飛んで逃げてしまうので（いわゆる「道教え」行動）、達人に教えてもらったように山道でじっとしていたら徘徊­シーンを撮ることが出来ました。

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• tiger
• beetle
• insect
• run
• fly
• ハンミョウ
• ナミハンミョウ
• ハンミョウ科
• 甲虫
• 斑猫

[DivineShockwave]

Would you happen to know it's scale speed?

[sigma1920]

@DivineShockwave

sorry i dunno.

according to a field guide, the body size of this species is around 20mm.

[VincentNeveuMessier]

@DivineShockwave "Tiger Beetle it can run up to 171 times its size in one second, 8km/h (5mph).

Despite its famous reputation, the cheetah would have to run 770 kilometres per hour ''

[sigma1920]

@VincentNeveuMessier

hi, thx for ur helpful feedback.

so, the tiger beetle can run faster than the cheetah!

[rosmarinusofficialis]

I see that this lovely beetle inspired the composition of a beat tune. They go well together.

It is a charming insect and I liked the other close-up video as well. (though a typo crept into my comment).

[sigma1920]

@rosmarinusofficialis

i just searched for a bgm w/ keyword "tiger" in the YT audioswap library.

it is so hard to film a tiger beetle at closeup

they r so agile and jumpy.

[B1eSSinGNdisGuisE]

@DivineShockwave Try this logic. Cockroach can move 2.9mph, and if scaled to a lion it can move 70mph. And this beetle can move 5.57mph so I'm guessing if scaled it would be about... *calculating in head* ...around 130mph. Depending on how much smaller this beetle is to a roach the speed could be a lot more! But that's extremely hard to imagine..

[DivineShockwave]

@VincentNeveuMessier Thank you!

[sigma1920]

@AceofDlamonds

absolutely!

it is one of the most difficult subjects to film in closeup.

[AceofDlamonds]

lightning fast.