Pacific Coast Tiger Beetle

Cicindela bellissima · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae

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Pacific Coast Tiger Beetle
Photo: B. Phalan, CC BY

Cicindela bellissima, the Pacific coast tiger beetle, belongs to the flashy tiger beetle group in the family Cicindelidae. This species is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Cicindela bellissima, the Pacific coast tiger beetle, belongs to the flashy tiger beetle group in the family Cicindelidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

This species is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 5 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, California, Colorado.

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

Source: GBIF

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

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Pacific Coast Tiger Beetle photo 2
Photo: David Anderson, CC BY
Pacific Coast Tiger Beetle photo 3
Photo: Koji Shiraiwa, CC BY
Pacific Coast Tiger Beetle photo 4
Photo: Lee Cain, CC BY
Pacific Coast Tiger Beetle photo 5
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0

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_bellissima

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

Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

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