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Species Cicindela longilabris - Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle

High Sierra Camo Bugs - Cicindela longilabris - male - female

Cicindela longilabris laurenti - Cicindela longilabris

Cicindela longilabris laurenti - Cicindela longilabris

Long-lipped Tiger beetle - Cicindela longilabris

Long-lipped tiger beetle - Cicindela longilabris

Unidentified beetle - Cicindela longilabris

Cicindela longilabris? - Cicindela longilabris - male - female

Carabidae: Cicindela longilabris - Cicindela longilabris

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Cicindelinae (Tiger Beetles)

Tribe Cicindelini (Flashy Tiger Beetles)

Genus Cicindela (Temperate Tiger Beetles)

Species longilabris (Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle)

Other Common Names

Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle

Explanation of Names

Cicindela longilabris Say 1824

longilabris 'long-lipped'

Size

13-17 mm

Range

transcontinental in the north, south in the western mountains to NM-CA

Habitat

Sandy areas near bogs, forests, bare rock, forest roads and trails

Life Cycle

Overwinters as adults

See Also

C. nebraskana is very similar and possibly conspecific

Contributed by Matthew Roth on 9 May, 2006 - 7:32am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Ben Coulter, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 7 September, 2021 - 12:19am

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