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Blackburn's Earth-boring Beetle

Geotrupes blackburnii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 16, February 15, March 18, April 33, May 20, June 10, July 9, August 9, September 11, October 12, November 31, December 15.
United States1,166
Texas183
North Carolina175
South Carolina130
Georgia98
Virginia89
Maryland57
West Virginia45
Pennsylvania44
Louisiana43

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
FamilyEarth-boring Beetles · Geotrupidae
GenusGeotrupes

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