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
Prepared with the knowledge that the Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle is the only tiger beetle living on Hurricane Ridge, in Olympic National Park, we kept our eyes peeled in early July, 2007. Once we saw one on the trail to Hurricane Hill, we saw more on that visit and every summer since. We saw them only 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).