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Virginia Metallic Tiger Beetle

Tetracha virginica

2,504 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 49, February 47, March 53, April 101, May 62, June 39, July 50, August 29, September 33, October 35, November 46, December 45.
United States3,653
Texas558
Missouri306
Virginia278
Oklahoma230
Kentucky210
Maryland191
North Carolina170
Alabama165
Tennessee130

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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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