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Squash Lady Beetle

Epilachna borealis

4,462 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 53, February 63, March 59, April 94, May 94, June 112, July 103, August 88, September 56, October 55, November 42, December 48.
United States3,470
North Carolina899
Georgia801
Virginia241
Connecticut238
Tennessee199
Kentucky176
Massachusetts164
South Carolina163
New York159

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
FamilyLady Beetles · Coccinellidae
GenusEpilachna

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