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S-banded Tiger Beetle

Cicindelidia trifasciata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 55, February 53, March 60, April 114, May 72, June 48, July 31, August 54, September 56, October 93, November 52, December 50.
United States1,724
Texas629
California277
Louisiana103
Georgia72
Mississippi61
Oklahoma53
Alabama45
North Carolina36
South Carolina28

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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