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Bee-like Flower Scarab

Trichiotinus piger

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 4, February 5, March 5, April 8, May 8, June 5, July 4, August 4, September 5, October 4, November 3, December 4.
United States551
North Carolina58
Kentucky55
Canada46
Ontario46
Texas44
Virginia39
Kansas39
Oklahoma35
Missouri34

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
GenusBee-like Flower Scarabs · Trichiotinus

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