#3176 · 🪲 beetles
Northern Dune Tiger Beetle
🇳🇱 Bastaardzandloopkever ·Cicindela hybrida
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Babberich, Nederland
📍 6566 Millingen aan de Rijn, Nederland
📍 Soest, Nederland
📍 Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Nederland
📍 Callantsoog, Netherlands
📍 7951 Staphorst, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Bart Wursten · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Bart Wursten · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Vlad Proklov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Elena Shnayder · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Babberich, Nederland:© Benno te Linde · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 6566 Millingen aan de Rijn, Nederland:© Simon Hazenberg · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Soest, Nederland:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. Callantsoog, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 7951 Staphorst, Nederland:© floris_heemskerk · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Cicindela hybrida , also known as the northern dune tiger beetle , has a wide distribution in the Palaearctic region.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 650 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #14 most seen of the beetles in NL.
- 7,841 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Northern Dune Tiger Beetle
- Nederlands
- Bastaardzandloopkever
- scientific name
- Cicindela hybrida
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Cicindelidae
- in NL
- native
- sightings in NL
- 650
- sightings in Europe
- 7,150
- sightings worldwide
- 7,841
- GBIF records in NL
- 23,907
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Cicindelidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 367148, Wikidata Q239931, GBIF 4480502, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.