Cicindela tenuisignata Le Conte - Thin-Lined Tiger Beetle

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Description: 11-12mm, brown with green edges and long, thin middle band

Similar Species: possibly C. repanda at first glance

Range: SW United States, northward into southern Great Plains

Nebraska Distribution:

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Habitat: Near water, along pond edges, etc.

Seasonal Occurrence: Summer

Status: Known from one specimen - a migrant collected on the edge of an alkaline pond in Kiowa SWMA in Scotts Bluff Co. 14 July, 2005 by M. Brust. This specimen represents the northernmost record of this species in the United States.


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