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Long-haired June Beetle

Polyphylla crinita

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) bcrobyn, no rights reserved (CC0)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 86, February 80, March 125, April 146, May 225, June 242, July 895, August 242, September 122, October 97, November 78, December 79.
British Columbia2,494
Canada1,879
Washington975
United States789
Alberta350
California91
Oregon72
Nevada18
Idaho11
Arizona2

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
GenusLined June Beetles · Polyphylla

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Long-haired June Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.