Cicindela longilabris perviridis
07/16/2013 Hurricane Hill Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
07/16/2013 Hurricane Hill Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
07/01/2008 Hurricane Hill Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
07/01/2008 Hurricane Hill Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
07/09/2007 Hurricane Hill Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
07/09/2007 Hurricane Hill Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
07/09/2007 Hurricane Hill Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
06/06/2015 Blue Mountain/Deer Park, Olympic National Park, Washington
05/28/2007 Hurricane Hill Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
The Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle is the only tiger beetle living on Hurricane Ridge, in Olympic National Park. We have seen them on the trail to Hurricane Hill on wide, gravelly, dusty or muddy areas on the edges of the trail free of vegetation. We have also seen Long-lipped Tiger Beetles on the east side of Blue Mountain in Olympic National Park, just off the Rainshadow trail.
The long, cream-colored labrum distinguishes this species from any similarly colored tiger beetles. It’s so prominent that an alert observer can spot it several feet away (slide 9). Compare to the labrum of the Oregon Tiger Beetle (slides 10 and 11).