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Scooped Scarab

Onthophagus hecate

2,858 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 Ontario.January 52, February 53, March 84, April 165, May 318, June 149, July 112, August 101, September 107, October 87, November 55, December 49.
United States6,911
Canada1,888
Ontario1,332
Michigan751
Illinois688
Indiana685
Ohio590
Texas474
North Carolina303
Georgia261

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
FamilyScarabs · Scarabaeidae
GenusOnthophagus

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