<p>This beetle is large and cream-colored. According to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, it is the fastest land animal of its size. It spends most of its two years of life as a larva buried in the sand. 
</p><p>Only pristine beaches with little environmental pressure can sustain a tiger beetle population. The beetle eats sand fleas, lice, flies and ants; its demise warns of imbalance in the habitat. 
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