Neocicindela tuberculata is a species of tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae, endemic to New Zealand.

[1] N. tuberculata are found throughout New Zealand and can be seen on hot sunny days on clay tracks or sandy areas.

The adult beetle is approximately 2.5 cm long, and is greenish in colour with yellow markings on the side of the elytra.

[2] Tiger beetle genera are very similar in colour and because of this they can be hard to identify,[3] with the main difference between species being in the proportions of their body parts.

[5] The dark areas of the elytra are moderately shiny and have a lustre that is metallic and bronze or green in colour.

[7] The larvae also has paired sub-apical cerci and prominent dorsal hooks on the 5th segment of the abdomen that are used to keep them in place in their burrow.

[7] There are also lateral ocelli (eyes) on the larvae and these are constructed in such a way that they can scan a wide field of vision as well as look in different directions for prey.

[10] Once the larvae are ready to pupate they do so and this stage is very brief,[10] beginning in February, which is when the larval population declines to a point where they are no longer seen.

[10] There are two endemic genera of tiger Beetles in New Zealand and these are represented by 16 different species, of which Neoicindela tuberculata is one.

The adults of N. tuberculata eat mainly caterpillars and flies,[9] and it has been said that the “mean mandible length (chord) is directly related to mean size of prey captures by tiger beetles throughout the world”.

[3] Food data and mouthpart morphology of the tiger Beetle genera, shows that they are opportunistic predators that can feed on a variety of small prey.