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Red Flat Bark Beetle

Cucujus puniceus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 17, February 16, March 25, April 52, May 63, June 51, July 31, August 28, September 25, October 20, November 16, December 16.
Canada515
United States349
British Columbia309
Alberta141
Washington117
Nunavut57
Oregon50
California48
Idaho48
Alaska17

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
FamilyFlat bark beetles · Cucujidae
GenusCucujus

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