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Cicindela parowana wallisi
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Copyright © 2012 Werner Eigelsreiter
Tiger beetle -
Cicindela parowana
Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
October 18, 2011
Size: ~15 mm
Cicindela lengi?
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Contributed by
Suzanne Eigelsreiter
on 2 April, 2012 - 10:40am
Last updated 3 August, 2012 - 11:41pm
conservation status of C. parowana willisi
A Canadian Recovery Plan (Province of British Columbia & Govt of Canada) has just been published. The first step is to identify critical habitat. "The two extant records [in BC, in the Okanagan Valley] for Willis's Dark Saltflat Tiger Beetle are within open ponderosa pine forest habitats, and not typical of the salt flat or alkaline habitats where the species was thought to have been collected historically. Thus, the species may still be within unchecked sparsely vegetated open ponderosa pine habitats. Once the habitat parameters for this species are better understood, more targeted surveys within the southern Okanagan can be conducted."
A gorgeous bug. (I find it easier and more informative to look at photos of live ones, like the 2011 photo here, rather than pinned ones, as in the Recovery Plan.)
For details, see http://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=AE0BB885-1&offset=2&toc=show
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Tim Lash
, 15 August, 2017 - 4:50pm
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Moved
Moved from
Dark Saltflat Tiger Beetle
.
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Aaron Schusteff
, 3 August, 2012 - 11:41pm
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=!=
Moved from
Tiger Beetles
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v belov
, 3 April, 2012 - 1:08pm
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Cicindela parowana
This IS Cicidela parowana -- a wonderful record, Werner and Suzanne. Thanks for noticing this, Todd, and informing me. In Canada, this species is known only from the Okanagan Valley in extreme south-central British Columbia. Before this photo, the last record in Canada was in 1996 from Oliver (by me), too, almost in the same place this photo was taken. All the other records are before 1960. The typical alkaline grassland habitats of C. parowana are fast-disappearing. Thus, C. parowana is considered at-risk in Canada. Any records are extremely useful to the species conservation.
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Rob Cannings
, 3 April, 2012 - 12:54pm
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Whoa!!! That looks like Cici
Whoa!!!
That looks like Cicindela parowana, which is/was believed to be extinct in Canada!
Did you find it in saline habitat?
Oliver would be the right place to find it.
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Todd Lawton
, 2 April, 2012 - 7:28pm
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It was found in the gas line
It was found in the gas line flats, east of Oliver.
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Suzanne Eigelsreiter
, 2 April, 2012 - 8:25pm
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Cool! Did you see many? I've
Cool! Did you see many?
I've sent off an email to the BC museum, hopefully they will know the status of C. parowana.
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Todd Lawton
, 2 April, 2012 - 8:38pm
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