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Pasture Wireworm

Monocrepidius exsul

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 20, February 18, March 18, April 23, May 22, June 39, July 46, August 45, September 23, October 18, November 24, December 18.
United States473
California224
New Zealand132
Texas85
North Carolina60
South Carolina43
Canterbury Region40
Auckland Region29
Georgia28
Wellington Region19

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
FamilyClick Beetles · Elateridae
GenusMonocrepidius

Sources

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