Neocicindela

I sat quite still for some minutes to get some shots. The beetles were moving in quick jerky movements on the clay bank on the sunny side of the road. I also saw the mouth of their tunnels in the clay.

Crawling over track around Sinclair Wetlands

Crawling over track around Sinclair Wetlands

Crawling over track around Sinclair Wetlands

The remains of one that looked like it had been caught in a spider web.

Around 15mm long. Several on Worsleys track. Can fly.

Mating pair?, or perhaps fertilizing eggs being deposited? Then one continues digging its abdomen into the ground, leaving a hole.

Mating pair?, or perhaps fertilizing eggs being deposited? Then one continues digging its abdomen into the ground, leaving a hole.

Mating pair?, or perhaps fertilizing eggs being deposited? Then one continues digging its abdomen into the ground, leaving a hole.

Mating pair?, or perhaps fertilizing eggs being deposited? Then one continues digging its abdomen into the ground, leaving a hole.

Retrieved from a freshwater pond, amidst weeds, grasses. Several have been trapped in there lately. Same size as Cicindela tuberculata, but darker and with slightly different pattern.

Neocicindela spilleri? The observation on the 30th was of a beetle seen on a bank during the day time, whereas this mating pair seen at night. Cathemeral? Or different species?

Pair

Pair

This unfortunate one ended up in our dog's paddling pool. It was alive, and took off once I got it out.