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"text": "Most tiger beetle larvae tunnel in the soil."
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"ref": "2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae",
"text": "I also noticed a couple of tiger beetle larval burrows in the hard-packed sandy soil and found a long, thin plant stem to “fish” the larvae out.",
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
"word": "الخنفساء النمرية"
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
"word": "虎甲"
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
"word": "Sandlaufkäfer"
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
"word": "kumbang macan"
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"word": "ciaróg thíograch"
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"word": "斑猫"
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
"word": "kumbang harimau"
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
"word": "الخنفساء النمرية"
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
"word": "虎甲"
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
"word": "kumbang macan"
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"word": "斑猫"
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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"sense": "any active, carnivorous beetle of the subfamily Cicindelinae",
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