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Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle

Cicindela longilabris

2,556 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 38, February 28, March 44, April 68, May 99, June 108, July 115, August 99, September 73, October 54, November 30, December 23.
United States3,822
Canada3,208
Alaska778
Manitoba635
California628
Ontario549
Colorado496
Alberta403
British Columbia397
Nevada396

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