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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) » Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hirticollis)
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? what kind of beetle - Cicindela hirticollis - male - female
Copyright © 2014 jaap kalkman

? what kind of beetle - Cicindela hirticollis - Male Female
Terrace , North west BC, British Columbia, Canada
July 13, 2014
Size: approx. 3/4"
These beetles were on a patch of sand on a gravel bar along the Skeena river. They moved quite fast. These were in the process of mating, but there were others scurrying around.
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Contributed by jaap kalkman on 14 July, 2014 - 7:43pm
Last updated 22 July, 2014 - 3:54pm

Moved
Moved from Common Tiger Beetles.
… Ben Coulter, 21 July, 2014 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 17 July, 2014 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

Hairy-necked
The front maculation is in the shape of a 'G' making them look very much like Hairy-necked tiger beetles - Cicindela hirticollis. I saw one here on a river sandbar yesterday, however according to the book, your location is a bit out of range but not impossible. It would be nice if you had another photo looking straight down on the elytral surface. But this view is adequate and in my opinion someone collecting these would be very interested in specimens from that location. The Hairy-necked is a wide ranging species found on river and beach sand.
… Dave Rogers, 16 July, 2014 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Dave. We have had a
Thank you Dave. We have had a warm dry summer which may explain why they are this far up north.
… jaap kalkman, 20 July, 2014 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

 
Dispersal
Most tiger beetle species never travel far from where they hatch so I doubt these are strays. There is populations in northern Alberta so the cold isn't the issue. I think you found a population the authors of the book weren't aware of. The book shows the subspecies from central Washington and Oregon extending up into central BC but in the text they only mention populations in the US. The populations on the other side of the mntns in the prairie provinces and farther north into NW Ter are different races. I say great find.
… Dave Rogers, 20 July, 2014 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

 
cool! I spend a lot of time o
cool! I spend a lot of time of the river banks around here and had never seen them before. I will have to keep an eye out for them in the future.
… jaap kalkman, 21 July, 2014 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

Tiger Beetles!
Subfamily is Cicindelinae. Someone else can be more specific probably.
… Jesse Chesla, 14 July, 2014 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Jesse.
Thanks Jesse.
… jaap kalkman, 20 July, 2014 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

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