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--><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/69.93.146.30\/~thaibugs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Cosmodela-aurulenta-juxtata.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-393\" title=\"Cosmodela aurulenta juxtata\" src=\"http:\/\/thaibugs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Cosmodela-aurulenta-juxtata-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Cosmodela-aurulenta-juxtata-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Cosmodela-aurulenta-juxtata.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Tiger beetle facts<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Tiger beetles are voracious predatory sun-loving  insects. 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