Tiger Beetles (Cicindelinae)

TIGER BEETLES FOUND IN NC

O - indicates documented presence in Onslow County

1. Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle, Pan-American Big-headed Tiger Beetle Tetracha Carolina O

2. Virgina Metallic Tiger Beetle, Virginia Big-headed Tiger Beetle Tetracha virginica  O

3. Bronzed Tiger Beetle Cicindela repanda

4. Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle Cicindela duodecimguttata

5. Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle Cicindela hirticollis 

6. Cow Path Tiger Beetle Cicindela purpurea

7. Splendid Tiger Beetle Cicindela splendida

.8. Six-spotted Tiger Beetle Cicindela sexguttata O

9. Northern Pine Barrens Tiger Beetle Cicindela patruela

10. Festive Tiger Beetle Cicindela scutellaris

11. Autumn Tiger Beetle Cicindela nigrior

12. Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle Cicindela tranquebarica

13. Appalachian Tiger Beetle Cicindela ancocisconensis 

14. Punctured Tiger Beetle Cicindelidia punctulate  O

15. Eastern Pinebarrens Tiger Beetle Cicindelidia abdominalis 

16. Eastern Red-bellied Tiger Beetle Cicindelidia rufiventris 

17. S-banded Tiger Beetle Cicindelidia trifasciata O

18. Eastern Beach Tiger Beetle Habroscelimorpha dorsalis O

19. One-spotted Tiger Beetle Apterodela unipunctata

20. Margined Tiger Beetle Ellipsoptera marginata O

21. Sandbar Tiger Beetle Ellipsoptera blanda

22. Ghost Tiger Beetle Ellipsoptera lepida

23. Whitish Tiger Beetle Ellipsoptera gratiosa O

Source: http://dpr.ncparks.gov/beetles/index.php Checklist developed by Steve Hall, Joe Poston, Ed Corey, and Tom Howard