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Four-marked False Blister Beetle

Copidita quadrimaculata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 19, February 16, March 17, April 21, May 21, June 16, July 28, August 29, September 37, October 17, November 22, December 17.
United States284
California209
Oregon41
Washington34
Mexico2
Baja California2

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
FamilyFalse Blister Beetles · Oedemeridae
GenusCopidita

Sources

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