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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) » Big Sand Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa) » Cicindela formosa generosa
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unknown tiger beetle - Cicindela formosa
Copyright © 2016 Stoil Ivanov

unknown tiger beetle - Cicindela formosa
Illinois Beach State Park, Lake County, Illinois, USA
June 26, 2016
Size: 15mm
Don't have any experience with tiger beetles
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Contributed by Stoil Ivanov on 17 July, 2016 - 1:21pm
Last updated 18 July, 2016 - 4:43pm

Moved to Big Sand Tiger Beetle
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 18 July, 2016 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

Big Sand
Nice find Stoil and welcome to tiger beetle hunting. This is a great species.
… Dave Rogers, 18 July, 2016 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
It found me just landed in fr
It found me just landed in fron of me and stood its ground untill I took its picture.
… Stoil Ivanov, 19 July, 2016 - 1:56am login or register to post comments

Big Sand Tiger Beetle
Cicindela formosa generosa
… Alex Harman, 17 July, 2016 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot Hope to learn th
Thanks a lot Hope to learn these beetles.
… Stoil Ivanov, 19 July, 2016 - 1:56am login or register to post comments

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