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Red-headed Ground Beetle

Amphasia interstitialis

1,390 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 New York.January 19, February 19, March 26, April 45, May 77, June 38, July 28, August 26, September 30, October 28, November 19, December 18.
United States2,072
New York372
Canada329
Ontario301
Pennsylvania184
Virginia165
West Virginia164
Maryland149
Ohio122
New Jersey94

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
FamilyGround Beetles · Carabidae
GenusAmphasia

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