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Black Diabrotica

Diabrotica cristata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) daleheinert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 Ontario.January 12, February 12, March 19, April 38, May 73, June 34, July 26, August 23, September 25, October 20, November 13, December 11.
United States1,392
Canada314
Ontario307
Michigan241
Illinois157
Ohio119
Wisconsin104
Colorado103
Minnesota90
New York66

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
GenusDiabrotica

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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