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Oak Lantern

Carcina quercana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,688, February 1,247, March 1,954, April 3,073, May 4,431, June 4,832, July 5,171, August 4,447, September 3,265, October 2,437, November 1,332, December 1,041.
United States35,325
Alaska34,916
United Kingdom983
England947
Canada469
British Columbia469
Germany448
Washington409
France378
Denmark205

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

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyPeleopodidae
GenusCarcina

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