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Horn's Earth-boring Beetle

Geotrupes hornii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 2, February 2, March 3, April 5, May 10, June 4, July 3, August 3, September 3, October 3, November 2, December 1.
United States246
Canada61
Ontario40
New York38
Pennsylvania33
North Carolina32
New Jersey29
South Carolina24
Georgia21
Tennessee11

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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