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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) » Flashy Tiger Beetles (Cicindelini) » Rounded-thorax Tiger Beetles (Cylindera) » Variable Tiger Beetle (Cylindera terricola) » Cicindela terricola imperfecta (Cylindera terricola imperfecta)
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Cicindela species, but which? - Cylindera terricola
Copyright © 2008 Libby & Rick Avis

Cicindela species, but which? - Cylindera terricola
Kootenay River Flats, Southeastern BC, British Columbia, Canada
June 23, 2008
Have been through the BG images and also looked at the North American Tiger Beetle site, but nothing quite seems to fit - very ragged edges on markings. But then again, maybe I'm missing something very obvious.
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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 3 January, 2009 - 3:21pm
Last updated 16 February, 2009 - 2:03pm

Moved
Moved from Cicindela.
… Joshua P. Basham, 16 February, 2009 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

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Looking in the Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada, by Pearson, Knisley, and Kazilek, it looks like a good match for Cicindela terricola var imperfecta, but I would would wait for another opinion.
… John Davis, 3 January, 2009 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Looking through the field gui
Looking through the field guide and comparing it to specimens on hand I'd have to agree with John.
… Joshua P. Basham, 16 February, 2009 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
for confirming, Joshua.
… Libby & Rick Avis, 17 February, 2009 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John
I haven't seen the Tiger Beetle Field Guide. Will try to get hold of a copy!
… Libby & Rick Avis, 18 January, 2009 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

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