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DRY AND MESOPHYTIC FOREST COMMUNITIES 



The Bluff Forest 



Fig. 171. — An open place in the oak and hickory forest of a Tennessee mountain- 

 side, a typical green tiger-beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) habitat. The individuals were 

 seen copulating on the log in the foreground. The general aspect is very similar to 

 that of the bluff forest. (Reprinted from the Journal of Morphology.) 



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Fig. 172. — The black dots represent the distribution of the larvae of C. sexguttata 

 from eggs laid in a cage. The larvae are in the exact position in which eggs are laid. 

 The stippled area is in shadow in the middle of the day. 



Fig. 173. — Diagram of a burrow of Cicindela sexguttata. 



