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Species Cicindelidia ocellata - Ocellated Tiger Beetle

Ocellated Tiger Beetle - Cicindelidia ocellata - male - female

Ocellated Tiger Beetle - Cicindelidia ocellata

Some kind of sand-loving bugs - Cicindelidia ocellata - male - female

Cicindelidia ocellata? - Cicindelidia ocellata

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 Cicindelidia (American Tiger Beetles)

Species ocellata (Ocellated Tiger Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cicindela ocellata Klug 1834

Explanation of Names

Cicindelidia ocellata (Klug)

Size

9-13 mm(1)

Range

*KS-LA-AZ to Costa Rica(2)(*BG data)

Season

summer active(1)

Life Cycle

often exceedingly abundant around water edges, but more often solitary in upland habitats(1)

Works Cited

1.	A Field Guide To The Tiger Beetles Of The United States And Canada David Pearson, C. Barry Knisley, Charles J. Kazilek, David L. Pearson, Barry C. Knisley. 2005. Oxford University Press.

2.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

Contributed by Daniel P Duran on 8 August, 2006 - 11:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Nick Block, v belov
Last updated 20 July, 2021 - 8:59pm

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