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Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle

Cicindela patruela

518 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 10, February 11, March 17, April 33, May 64, June 30, July 22, August 20, September 21, October 17, November 11, December 10.
United States1,124
Canada271
Ontario267
Minnesota182
Wisconsin168
Michigan149
New Jersey120
West Virginia102
Pennsylvania87
Ohio78

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyTiger Beetles · Cicindelidae
GenusCommon Tiger Beetles · Cicindela

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