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Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

Cicindela sexguttata

56,416 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 Ontario.January 320, February 328, March 519, April 1,016, May 2,110, June 1,366, July 689, August 623, September 655, October 536, November 335, December 299.
United States46,787
Canada7,926
Ontario5,904
Maryland3,961
Ohio3,780
Virginia3,600
Texas3,583
Illinois2,795
New York2,523
Massachusetts2,332

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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