Ohlone tiger beetle [SEP] parent taxon
Ohlone tiger beetle
The Ohlone tiger beetle, Cicindela ohlone, is endemic to California. It was first discovered in 1987 and was named and described in 1993. "C. ohlone" is part of the genus "Cicindela" and is most closely related to "C. purpurea".
"C. ohlone" ranges in length from 9½ mm to 12½ mm with the females at the higher end of the range. The body is a bright, sericate green with bronze tints on the dorsum and the elytra. "
or running aided by the beetle's exceptional vision. Predation has not yet been studied for "C. ohlone" larvae, but tiger beetle larva are hunted by ground-foraging woodpeckers, ants, and wasps. Their most important predators are parasitoid wasp and flies that lay their eggs in the beetle larva. The tiger beetle larvae is then consumed by the wasp or fly larvae, which then emerge from the burrow as adults .
"C. ohlone" is active during the late winter and spring. This differs from all