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Casey's Lady Beetle

Hippodamia caseyi

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 25, February 23, March 36, April 42, May 66, June 109, July 120, August 40, September 36, October 28, November 23, December 23.
Canada776
British Columbia445
United States424
Alberta318
Idaho100
Utah99
Washington93
California34
Wyoming30
Oregon30

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
FamilyLady Beetles · Coccinellidae
GenusOblong Lady Beetles · Hippodamia

Sources

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