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Common Claybank Tiger Beetle

Cicindela limbalis

1,396 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 19, February 20, March 31, April 61, May 118, June 57, July 41, August 38, September 39, October 32, November 20, December 18.
United States1,650
Canada1,289
Ontario493
Colorado246
Quebec235
Minnesota181
New York168
Wisconsin140
Michigan114
Manitoba109

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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