Insects › Leaf Beetles

Spotted Asparagus Beetle

Crioceris duodecimpunctata

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 Alaska.January 109, February 80, March 126, April 198, May 285, June 311, July 333, August 286, September 210, October 157, November 86, December 67.
United States3,071
Alaska2,246
Canada559
Russia295
Ontario252
Germany218
France138
New York132
Italy110
Spain108

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
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusCrioceris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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