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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae) » Flashy Tiger Beetles (Cicindelini) » Temperate Tiger Beetles (Cicindela) » Appalachian Tiger Beetle (Cicindela ancocisconensis)
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No Common Name Tiger Beetle - Cicindela ancocisconensis
Copyright © 2004 Stephen_WV

No Common Name Tiger Beetle - Cicindela ancocisconensis
Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
June 29, 2004
Surely a beetle this pretty deserves a common name. Can anyone translate ancocisconensis?

Along a sandy stretch of river in Monongahela National Forest.
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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 9 December, 2004 - 6:59pm

Boulder Beach Tiger Beetle?
There's a reference to this species as "Boulder Beach Tiger Beetle" here. and here. This might be the "official" name.
… Joel Kits, 9 December, 2004 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Boulder Beach
I wonder if that common name comes from Boulder Beach State Park in Vermont. Doesn't seem a very good description of their habitat. They like sand and maybe cobbles, but I would think they were indifferent to boulders...

Thanks, Joel!

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 10 December, 2004 - 4:12am login or register to post comments

Nice Shots!
Nice stuff Stephen,

I can see why people can get so excited about Tiger Beetles, they are neat little critters!
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 9 December, 2004 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

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