Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle

Cicindela hirticollis · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae

Also called: Beach Dune Tiger Beetle

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Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY

The hairy-necked tiger beetle is a medium-sized beetle about 2 to 14 mm long. Its back is dark brown with very light cream or white markings on the wing covers. It is a species of tiger beetle also called the moustached tiger beetle.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The elytra have very light cream- or white-colored markings.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It belongs to the tiger beetle group.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 43 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Maryland, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Texas, Michigan, Colorado, Virginia.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle photo 3
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY
Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle photo 4
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA
Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle photo 5
Photo: Morgan Freese, CC BY
Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle photo 6
Photo: Don Loarie, CC BY

Same family (Carabidae)

Six-spotted Tiger BeetleSix-spotted Tiger BeetleCicindela sexguttataHarmlessBronze Ground BeetleBronze Ground BeetleCarabus nemoralisGreen Tiger BeetleGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisBig-headed Ground BeetleBig-headed Ground BeetleScarites subterraneusStrawberry Seed BeetleStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesDamages trees, gardens or cropsBronzed Tiger BeetleBronzed Tiger BeetleCicindela repanda

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicindela_hirticollis

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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