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Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle

Tetracha carolina

4,507 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 Texas.January 121, February 115, March 131, April 249, May 152, June 170, July 280, August 138, September 126, October 87, November 113, December 110.
United States4,402
Texas1,368
Alabama475
Georgia419
North Carolina304
New Mexico303
Oklahoma235
South Carolina223
Louisiana173
Arizona165

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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
GenusMetallic Tiger Beetles · Tetracha

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