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Yellow-spotted Tiger Beetle

Cicindela flavomaculata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) cranberry7, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 4, June 31, July 27, August 10, September 9, October 10, November 2, December 2.
India95
Odisha35
Thailand20
Karnātaka16
Mahārāshtra9
China7
Sichuan Province6
Uttar Pradesh5
Bihār5
Madhya Pradesh5

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Yellow-spotted Tiger Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.