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Larger Black Flour Beetle

Cynaeus angustus

257 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 Ohio.January 4, February 4, March 6, April 11, May 25, June 6, July 5, August 5, September 5, October 4, November 3, December 3.
United States472
Ohio81
Canada69
Arizona65
Ontario63
Colorado48
Minnesota41
Texas37
New Mexico30
Utah30

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
FamilyDarkling Beetles · Tenebrionidae
GenusCynaeus

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