About Cicindela limbata Say, 1823
Scientific name: Cicindela limbata Say, 1823. Cicindela limbata, commonly called the sandy tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle belonging to the family Cicindelidae. It is native to North America, and is a specialist species that lives exclusively in sand dune habitats. Cicindela albissima, the Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle and one of the rarest insects in the world, was formerly classified as a subspecies of the sandy tiger beetle. Genetic testing, its extreme geographic separation from other populations of sandy tiger beetles, and its lack of pigmented elytra have since led researchers to recognize it as a distinct separate species.
