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Furnace Heat Lubber

Tytthotyle maculata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 24, February 21, March 22, April 27, May 27, June 20, July 17, August 17, September 22, October 22, November 28, December 22.
United States543
California269
Nevada152
Arizona116
Utah6

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyLubber Grasshoppers · Romaleidae
Genusfurnace heat lubbers · Tytthotyle

Sources

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