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Common Trig

Trigonidium cicindeloides

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) concha-sz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 0, February 5, March 17, April 35, May 31, June 32, July 45, August 43, September 67, October 40, November 49, December 21.
France385
Portugal355
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur266
Spain190
Italy188
China174
Centro112
India99
Cataluña/Catalunya87
Taiwan84

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyTrigs, Sword-tailed Crickets, and Ground Crickets · Trigonidiidae
GenusTrigonidium

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Common Trig with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.