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Punctured Tiger Beetle

Cicindelidia punctulata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 160, February 154, March 174, April 331, May 203, June 145, July 155, August 137, September 230, October 266, November 151, December 146.
United States13,022
Canada2,050
Texas1,821
Ontario1,738
New York857
Colorado811
Oklahoma692
Michigan553
Virginia537
Maryland519

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
GenusCicindelidia

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