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Ocellated Tiger Beetle

Cicindelidia ocellata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 136, February 130, March 148, April 280, May 175, June 236, July 195, August 161, September 191, October 167, November 128, December 124.
United States1,966
Texas1,543
Mexico194
Arizona175
New Mexico139
Chihuahua119
Oklahoma87
Coahuila de Zaragoza23
Louisiana19
Costa Rica11

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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