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Cicindela

Cicindela, commonly known as common tiger beetles are generally brightly colored and metallic beetles, often with some sort of patterning of ivory or cream-colored markings. They are most abundant and diverse in habitats very often near bodies of water with sandy or occasionally clay soils; they can be found along rivers, sea and lake shores, sand dunes, around dry lakebeds, on clay banks, or woodland paths.

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60 branches of this group, most-observed first

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela sexguttata

Green Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela campestris

Bronzed Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela repanda

Northern Dune Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela hybrida

Festive Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela scutellaris

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela tranquebarica

Western Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela oregona

Big Sand Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela formosa

Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela hirticollis

Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela duodecimguttata

Purple Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela purpurea

Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela longilabris

Cicindela sylvicola

speciesCicindela sylvicola

Cicindela maroccana

speciesCicindela maroccana

Common Claybank Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela limbalis

Cicindela gallica

speciesCicindela gallica

Dispirited Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela depressula

Wood Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela sylvatica

Splendid Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela splendida

Cicindela soluta

speciesCicindela soluta

Blowout Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela lengi

Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela patruela

Green Claybank Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela denverensis

Laurentian Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela denikei

Western Beach Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela latesignata

Cicindela gemmata

speciesCicindela gemmata

Sandy Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela limbata

Crimson Saltflat Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela fulgida

Prairie Long-lipped Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela nebraskana

Pacific Coast Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela bellissima

Cicindela coerulea

speciesCicindela coerulea

Badlands Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela decemnotata

Ohlone Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela ohlone

Cicindela sachalinensis

speciesCicindela sachalinensis

Dune Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela maritima

Williston's Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela willistoni

Cicindela japana

speciesCicindela japana

Cicindela transbaicalica

speciesCicindela transbaicalica

Senile Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela senilis

Appalachian Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela ancocisconensis

Beautiful Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela pulchra

Autumn Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela nigrior

Cicindela sahlbergii

speciesCicindela sahlbergii

Cicindela desertorum

speciesCicindela desertorum

Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela albissima

Cicindela monticola

speciesCicindela monticola

Colorado Dune Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela theatina

Short-legged Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela tenuicincta

Great Basin Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela amargosae

Dark Saltflat Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela parowana

Alpine Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela plutonica

Cicindela granulata

speciesCicindela granulata

Cicindela lacteola

speciesCicindela lacteola

Cicindela turkestanica

speciesCicindela turkestanica

Cicindela restricta

speciesCicindela restricta

Cicindela clypeata

speciesCicindela clypeata

St. Anthony Dune Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela arenicola

Sagebrush Tiger Beetle

speciesCicindela pugetana

Cicindela iberica

speciesCicindela iberica

Cicindela lusitanica

speciesCicindela lusitanica

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