Common Name: Six-spotted Ground Beetle
Scientific Name: Anthia sexguttata
Photo Credit: D.Mahamuni
Photo Shot at: Lake behind the Cauvery Hostel
Normally found with six white spots, four on elytra and two on thorax. Though the patterns vary, always symmetrical. Sizes about 4cm, it feed on other insects and snails. It is considered as fastest animal among animals of its size and if it is manipulated to larger animals it could compared to 300miles/hour of speed. It is the only species of its genus found in Southern Asia.