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Shore Sexton Beetle

Necrodes littoralis

3,030 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 442, February 327, March 512, April 805, May 1,161, June 1,266, July 1,355, August 1,165, September 856, October 639, November 349, December 273.
United States9,156
Alaska9,150
Austria305
Russia246
France209
Steiermark200
China183
United Kingdom165
Germany160
England132

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
FamilyRove Beetles · Staphylinidae
GenusNecrodes

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