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Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle

Cicindela duodecimguttata

3,321 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 28, February 28, March 45, April 88, May 169, June 79, July 59, August 76, September 57, October 46, November 29, December 26.
United States3,578
Canada2,500
Ontario707
New York515
Quebec493
Manitoba456
Ohio286
Vermont264
Texas241
Nova Scotia223

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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