Four-ribbed Jewel Beetle vs Salt Creek Tiger Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Four-ribbed Jewel Beetle Salt Creek Tiger Beetle
Scientific Name Polybothris quadricollis Cicindela nevadica lincolniana
Order Coleoptera Coleoptera
Family Buprestidae Carabidae
Size 20-30 mm 10-12 mm
Habitat Forests Rivers & Streams
Diet Wood Feeders Predators
Regions Madagascar Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States
Conservation Least Concern Endangered

Four-ribbed Jewel Beetle

A moderately sized jewel beetle with four distinct ridges on the pronotum, which gives it its name. The elytra shimmer with dark metallic green to bronze tones.

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Did You Know?

The structural color of its exoskeleton inspired biomimicry research into creating non-fade paints and coatings.

Salt Creek Tiger Beetle

One of the rarest insects in the world, this small tiger beetle has dark olive-brown elytra with faint white markings. It is found only on saline mud flats along Salt Creek in Lancaster County, Nebraska.

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Did You Know?

With fewer than 500 adults estimated in the wild, it is considered one of the rarest insects on Earth, threatened by urban development around Lincoln, Nebraska.