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Wetsalts Tiger Beetle

Cicindelidia hemorrhagica

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 62, February 54, March 56, April 69, May 67, June 138, July 130, August 157, September 55, October 56, November 72, December 56.
United States1,201
California682
Nevada215
Oregon68
Arizona59
Washington52
Idaho32
Wyoming31
Utah18
Mexico16

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

Sources

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Practise Wetsalts Tiger Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.