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Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle

Cicindela tranquebarica

5,503 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 Utah.January 81, February 70, March 96, April 172, May 253, June 150, July 124, August 106, September 99, October 75, November 65, December 65.
United States9,726
Canada3,227
Utah1,356
California1,319
Nevada990
Ontario848
Colorado830
Texas555
Manitoba483
Alberta465

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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