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Purple Tiger Beetle

Cicindela purpurea

2,964 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 42, February 32, March 52, April 87, May 133, June 80, July 75, August 64, September 59, October 42, November 37, December 35.
United States4,076
Canada1,300
Colorado730
Alberta329
Ontario319
Utah310
Manitoba272
New York255
South Dakota231
British Columbia196

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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