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Bare Footed Heart Shield

Nebria salina

271 observations in the source records

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

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 234, February 173, March 271, April 426, May 614, June 670, July 716, August 616, September 452, October 338, November 185, December 144.
United States4,838
Alaska4,838
Germany37
Switzerland36
Aargau36
France23
Niedersachsen13
Hessen8
United Kingdom7
England6

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
FamilyGround Beetles · Carabidae
GenusGazelle Beetles · Nebria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Bare Footed Heart Shield with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.