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Big Sand Tiger Beetle

Cicindela formosa

4,702 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 56, February 57, March 91, April 177, May 340, June 183, July 120, August 109, September 114, October 94, November 58, December 52.
United States6,345
Canada2,613
Ontario1,428
Colorado904
Texas485
Michigan472
New York418
Minnesota393
Wisconsin386
Oklahoma300

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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