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High-country Lady Beetle

Coccinella alta

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 2, May 3, June 2, July 6, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States40
Canada23
Colorado16
British Columbia11
Alberta10
California9
Nevada9
Utah7
Idaho3
Nunavut2

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
FamilyLady Beetles · Coccinellidae
GenusCoccinella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise High-country Lady Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.