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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) » Big Sand Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa)

Species Cicindela formosa - Big Sand Tiger Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season
Unknown Insect - Cicindela formosa Cicindela formosa formosa - Cicindela formosa - male Cicindela formosa formosa - Cicindela formosa - male Cicindela formosa formosa - Cicindela formosa - male Cicindela formosa generosa - Cicindela formosa - male - female Cicindela formosa generosa - Cicindela formosa - male Cicindela formosa generosa? - Cicindela formosa Cicindela formosa formosa - Cicindela formosa - female
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 formosa (Big Sand Tiger Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Cicindela formosa Say 1817
Numbers
Multiple "subspecies"
Size
15―18 mm
Identification
C. f. formosa: elytra reddish/purple ▪ C. f. generosa: elytra dark brown to black ▪ C. f. pigmentosignata
Range
extreme southern Canada & the US east of the Rockies but absent from NC―FL and along the Gulf Coast
Habitat
Dry sandy areas: blowouts, dunes, roadsides
Season
May-Jun & Aug-Sep in ND
Contributed by Cotinis on 24 October, 2004 - 9:38am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov, KenW, bdagley
Last updated 7 August, 2023 - 10:43pm

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