Common Claybank Tiger Beetle

Common claybank tiger beetles are found in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, from the central-eastern coast through the northern half of the Great Plains. According to J. B. Wallis' book The Cicindelidae of Canada, they are known as far north as the Northwest Territories, where they have been recorded from near Tulita and Fort Wrigley, both in Mackenzie River valley. There is one record of the beetle from the north of the Yukon, on the Eagle River at the Dempster Highway. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility database includes a few records of the beetles from the B.C. Interior south and west Prince George, but Wallis gives no records of the beetles from British Columbia. They are known in the central and southern portions of Alberta and Saskatchewan, mostly south of the Heart River in the former province and the North Saskatchewan River in the latter. In Manitoba, their distribution is more southerly, with the beetles only recorded from the Interlake region and southwards. Their distribution in Ontario is fairly far-ranging, as they have been recorded as far north as Smoky Falls; the GBIF records one observation near Summer Beaver and numerous records around Kapuskasing and Timmins. They are found in much of Central and Southern Ontario, though there are no records from the Bruce Peninsula. …