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It took over 700 miles of driving, but the first stop of this year's Fall Tiger Beetle Hunt was well worth the wait—a small creek lined with deep, dry sand deposits (a). I found six species of tiger beetles here including 9 individuals of one I've never collected before—Cicindela scutellaris flavoviridis (the type locality being not too far from here near Forestburg). This spot is actually near the northern limit of the subspecies' distribution, and several of the individuals showed varying influence from nominate scutellaris with the elytra tending to be more red than yellow-green. I also collected 10 C. formosa formosa, 5 Tetracha carolina (1 was dead), 5 Cicindelidia punctulata, 3 Cicindela splendida, and 3 C. repanda. A very cool place.

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Cobb Hollow, 6.7 mi N Saint Jo on FM-677, Montegue Co., TX (2015-76)

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