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Rough-lipped Darkling Beetle

Eleodes hispilabris

5,172 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 Texas.January 83, February 79, March 90, April 171, May 105, June 51, July 46, August 47, September 58, October 60, November 78, December 75.
United States5,996
Texas941
Utah726
Canada476
Arizona452
California437
Idaho437
Colorado436
New Mexico425
Nevada252

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
FamilyDarkling Beetles · Tenebrionidae
GenusDesert Stink Beetles · Eleodes

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