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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) » Splendid Tiger Beetle (Cicindela splendida)
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Cicindela scutellaris scutellaris? - Cicindela splendida
Copyright © 2012 Amy Goodman

Cicindela scutellaris scutellaris? - Cicindela splendida
Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma, USA
September 23, 2012
Found on an equestrian trail today
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Contributed by Amy Goodman on 23 September, 2012 - 5:23pm
Last updated 24 September, 2012 - 8:20am

Moved
Moved from Common Tiger Beetles.
… Amy Goodman, 24 September, 2012 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 23 September, 2012 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like Cicindela splendid
Looks like Cicindela splendida.
… Todd Lawton, 23 September, 2012 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

 
C. splendida
Thanks!
… Amy Goodman, 24 September, 2012 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

 
Generally scutellaris and spl
Generally scutellaris and splendida can be distinguished by:

scutellaris: sandy soil, shorter more domed wing covers, no white markings on wing covers, brighter colours
splendida: clay soil, often slopes, longer and flatter wing covers, often with at least minor white markings, these can be seen at the end and sides of the wing covers on your photo, more of a brick red
… Todd Lawton, 24 September, 2012 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

 
Good information
Thank you for sharing. I usually just see the C. repanda, and have been excited to find one of the red varieties. So when my husband spotted this one I was thrilled!
… Amy Goodman, 24 September, 2012 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

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