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  8. Elliptical-winged Tiger Beetles

genus

Elliptical-winged Tiger Beetles

Ellipsoptera

Includes
12 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Marginata Species Group 2 native
  • Ghost Tiger Beetle native
  • Moustached Tiger Beetle native
  • Sandy Stream Tiger Beetle presumed native
  • Coppery Tiger Beetle presumed native
  • Nevada Tiger Beetle presumed native
  • Aridland Tiger Beetle presumed native
  • Whitish Tiger Beetle native
  • Puritan Tiger Beetle native
  • Rio Grande Tiger Beetle presumed native
  • White-sand Tiger Beetle presumed native
  • Sandbar Tiger Beetle presumed native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native elliptical-winged tiger beetles All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Margined Tiger Beetle Ellipsoptera marginata 1,177 observations
  • Coastal Tiger Beetle Ellipsoptera hamata 1,112 observations
  • Ghost Tiger Beetle Ellipsoptera lepida 693 observations
  • Moustached Tiger Beetle Ellipsoptera hirtilabris 535 observations
  • Whitish Tiger Beetle Ellipsoptera gratiosa 151 observations
  • Puritan Tiger Beetle Ellipsoptera puritana 145 observations

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