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Cicindela duodecimguttata
Copyright © 2006 Cotinis

Cicindela duodecimguttata
Fews Ford, Eno River State Park, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
April 14, 2006
This has very rough elytra and was out in April. Compare Cicindela rufiventris, which has smooth elytra (and a red abdomen, when visible) present at the same site in July:

The habitat was a clay bank on the shore of the Eno River.

Thanks for help on this identification--see comments.
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Contributed by Cotinis on 27 July, 2006 - 5:19pm
Last updated 3 November, 2006 - 7:14am

Second guess was correct.
Hi Patrick,

Yes, that is duodecimguttata. Those are fairly common in early spring on clay river banks (or rocky/clay) in western NC. Nice picture.

-Dan
… Daniel P Duran, 8 August, 2006 - 11:59pm login or register to post comments

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