Cicindela puritana

Cicindela puritana, commonly referred to as the Puritan tiger beetle, is a threatened predatory beetle found in the Northeast of the United States. It is native to Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont; it is now extirpated from the latter two states. Today it occurs along the Chesapeake Bay, an area near the Sassafras River, and a small stretch of land along the Connecticut River. There are two occurrences on the Connecticut River, and about nine populations in Maryland. In 2007 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service recommended the species be uplisted to endangered status. Efforts to restore the population by breeding the beetles in captivity and stocking riverbanks with larvae are underway.