ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROFILE

PROTECTION STATUS: Threatened

YEAR PLACED ON LIST: 1990

CRITICAL HABITAT: None

RECOVERY PLAN: 1993

RANGE: Formerly widespread on bluffs and cliffs along the Chesapeake Bay and the Connecticut River

THREATS: Habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation due to shoreline development; off-road vehicles use; pollution and pesticides; sea-level rise

POPULATION TREND: This species is declining.

Puritan tiger beetle by Chris Wirth, USFWS