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Black-headed Melyrid

Collops tricolor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 1, February 1, March 2, April 4, May 7, June 3, July 3, August 2, September 2, October 2, November 1, December 1.
United States105
Canada45
Ontario30
Massachusetts22
New York20
Quebec14
North Carolina8
Michigan6
Maine6
Connecticut5

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
FamilySoft-winged Flower Beetles · Melyridae
GenusCollops

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