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Eastern Red-bellied Tiger Beetle

Cicindelidia rufiventris

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 16, February 18, March 19, April 31, May 41, June 20, July 28, August 16, September 19, October 18, November 15, December 15.
United States1,809
Virginia244
Massachusetts234
Ohio208
Kentucky148
Maryland136
New York110
Texas93
West Virginia90
Tennessee79

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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