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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) » Green Claybank Tiger Beetle (Cicindela denverensis)
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Tiger Beetle - Cicindela denverensis
Copyright © 2008 brian flaig

Tiger Beetle - Cicindela denverensis
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, USA
September 30, 2008
Top view--not so much flash.

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Tiger Beetle - Cicindela denverensis Tiger Beetle - Cicindela denverensis
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Contributed by brian flaig on 6 October, 2008 - 11:52am
Last updated 16 October, 2008 - 4:25pm

I agree...
...Cicindela denverensis.
… Ted C. MacRae, 12 October, 2008 - 1:25am login or register to post comments

From this angle the median ma
From this angle the median maculation does appear more sharply directed backwards, making C. denverensis a more likely candidate. Color is the lesser issue. Many green species show faint red-bronze highlights within the population, but this is also true for C. limbalis which can be fairly green. The best separating character would seem to be the shape of the median maculation, and that appears to fit with C. denverensis.
… Dennis Haines, 6 October, 2008 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
The reason I've been so persistent is that this would be the fourth species I've been able to photograph out of five encounters with tiger beetles this year. Amazing how many there are. Thanks again.
… brian flaig, 6 October, 2008 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

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