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Splendid Tiger Beetle

Cicindela splendida

775 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 21, February 20, March 22, April 42, May 26, June 13, July 11, August 12, September 14, October 15, November 19, December 19.
United States1,496
Texas233
Oklahoma220
Missouri128
Kansas108
Nebraska105
Virginia101
Arkansas68
Colorado65
Tennessee60

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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