| Twelve-spotted tiger beetle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicindelinae |
| Genus: | Cicindela |
| Species: | C. duodecimguttata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cicendela duodecimguttata Dejean, 1825[1] |
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Cicindela duodecimguttata, commonly known as the twelve-spotted tiger beetle[2], is a species of tiger beetle that is 12-15 millimeters long and is dark brown to black. In most of the beetles in the species, there is twelve spots on the elytra. The species are commonly found along rivers, moist trails, roads, and paths.