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Green Tiger Beetle

Cicindela campestris

18,583 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 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 1,938, February 1,431, March 2,242, April 3,527, May 5,086, June 5,546, July 5,935, August 5,104, September 3,747, October 2,797, November 1,528, December 1,195.
United States40,075
Alaska40,075
Germany2,133
France1,684
United Kingdom1,532
England1,054
Russia969
Austria882
Italy798
Spain758

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

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