Cicindela hirticollis
Click to enlargeChippewa River, West of Hwy 35 bridge, Pierce Co., WI. July 12, 2006.
Click to enlargeChippewa River, West of Hwy 35 bridge, Pierce Co., WI. July 12, 2006.
Click to enlargeChippewa River, West of Hwy 35 bridge, Pierce Co., WI. July 12, 2006.
Click to enlargeWisconsin Point, Douglas Co., WI. August 4, 2005.
Click to enlargeWisconsin River, Portage, Columbia Co., WI. September 18, 2004.
Click to enlargeWisconsin River, Portage, Columbia Co., WI. September 18, 2004.
Click to enlargeWisconsin River, Portage, Columbia Co., WI. September 18, 2004.
Click to enlargeWisconsin River, Portage, Columbia Co., WI. September 18, 2004.
Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle
inc. hirticollis and rhoden
The first photos that I took of C. hirticollis were the ones taken near Portage, WI. They were atypical of the other specimens of this species that I have seen since. In the field they are reddish and the maculations were very light and contrasted greatly with the background color.
Notes: Cicindela hirticollis hirticollis - Lower Wisconsin River and scattered in Chippewa and Black Rivers; river sandbars; April to September
Cicindela hirticollis rhodensis - apparently intergrades with ssp. hirticollis, not genetically distinct; restricted to beach dunes of Great Lakes; threatened with extirpation; May to September.
