a punctured tiger beetle cicindela punctulata perched on a sandy area in colorado during daylight

crawling ground native species punctured tiger beetle animal behavior identification biodiversity study cicindela punctulata close color patterns colorado conservation dirt ecology ecosystem entomology environment fauna field foraging forest dwelling habitat insect anatomy invertebrate landscape life cycle macro movements natural history nature observation outdoors predation research sand sandy terrain shiny small creature distribution sunlight terrestrial wildlife perched area daylight moves