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Badlands Tiger Beetle

Cicindela decemnotata

242 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Utah.January 12, February 11, March 15, April 26, May 39, June 23, July 19, August 16, September 15, October 12, November 10, December 10.
United States365
Canada363
Utah207
Alberta172
British Columbia71
Idaho49
Saskatchewan45
Yukon37
Northwest Territories32
Wyoming27

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
GenusCommon Tiger Beetles · Cicindela

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