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Festive Tiger Beetle (Cicindela scutellaris scutellaris)
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Copyright © 2008
Will Chatfield-Taylor
Cicindela scutellaris
Pratt Sandhills, Pratt County, Kansas, USA
September 1, 2008
Size: 12mm
Pretty sure this is Cicindela scutellaris
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Contributed by
Will Chatfield-Taylor
on 2 September, 2008 - 3:04pm
Last updated 2 September, 2008 - 8:42pm
It is.
That's one of the nicest subspecies.
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Harry Zirlin
, 2 September, 2008 - 3:25pm
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Which one?
Which are the subspecies of formosa and scutellaris that I have? Thanks for the quick ID's
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Will Chatfield-Taylor
, 2 September, 2008 - 3:28pm
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That is
scutellaris scutellaris and you have formosa formosa. Check out the new free Tiger Beetles of South Dakota and Nebraska from Dept of Entomology, 202 Entomology Hall, Univ of NE Lincoln, NE 68583-0816.
I also recently added several to my tiger section of my website.
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Herschel Raney
, 2 September, 2008 - 4:01pm
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Thanks a lot everybody! This
Thanks a lot everybody! This is one beauty of a Tiger Beetle, though attmepts to shoot the live one was unsuccessful - too fast. :-)
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Will Chatfield-Taylor
, 2 September, 2008 - 4:08pm
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This looks to be C. scutellar
This looks to be C. scutellaris scutellaris. It also looks like the labrum is white, which would make it a male.
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Dennis Haines
, 2 September, 2008 - 3:58pm
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