
INS020-00009
A federally endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in a lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. With a count of fewer than 250 adults in the summer of 2007, this subspecies of tiger beetle could be the rarest insect in North America. Found only in the interior saline wetlands of Lancaster County, Nebraska, the beetle has been in decline for years due to habitat loss from development.
Keywords
- Beetle
- bug
- captivity
- Cicindela
- Cicindela nevadica lincolniana
- Close-up
- copy space
- federally endangered
- insect
- nevadica lincolniana
- Photo Ark
- rare
- Salt Creek tiger beetle
- studio shot
- tiger beetle
- wetlands
- white background
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