Cicindela albissima
Tiger Beetles are especially hard to photograph since they fly off a short distance every time you get
close. It's only when you find a mating pair that things get easy for the photographer. These Cicindela
ablissima are a threatened species and part of the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park is set aside to
protect threatened species such as these. © Carol Davis, 5-27-2011
After I photographed a few pictures, these tiger beetles became wary of me and scooted across the
sand still attached to one another trying to elude me. They remained that way until the Ranger, who so
kindly found these for us, tried to take a picture and they flew off. You can learn more about these
beetles from a PDF document located here. © Carol Davis, 5-27-2011
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