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Violet Checkered Beetle

Necrobia violacea

662 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 Alaska.January 65, February 48, March 76, April 119, May 172, June 187, July 201, August 172, September 127, October 94, November 52, December 40.
United States1,585
Alaska1,354
Canada153
Ontario77
Russia54
Wisconsin48
Minnesota32
Austria26
Michigan22
Alberta22

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
FamilyCheckered Beetles · Cleridae
GenusHam Beetles · Necrobia

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