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Crex Meadows ... Host to the Big Sand Tiger Beetle
Tiger Beetles on Crex Meadows - Big Sand Tiger Beetle
Cicindela formosa
This Tiger beetle was located along Cranberry dike road in June 2007. It took me a while to settle this one down enough to start taking photos.
One of the darker brown beetles, the Big Sand Tiger beetle is one of the larger Tiger Beetles in Wisconsin.
Big Sand Tiger Beetle Taxonomy
| Phylum | Arthropoda | Anthropods |
| Class | Insecta | Insects |
| Order | Coleoptera | Beetles |
| Suborder | Adephaga | Ground and Water Beetles |
| Family | Carabidae | Ground Beetles |
| Subfamily | Cicindelinae | Tiger Beetles |
| Tribe | Cicindelini | |
| Genus | Cicindela | |
| Species | formosa | Big Sand Tiger Beetle |
This is a dry habitat species and is found anywhere sands are exposed in Crex Meadows.
All photographs are of the same individual Big Sand Tiger beetle.
All pictures were taken June 20, 2007