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Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 18,945, February 13,992, March 21,922, April 34,489, May 49,728, June 54,225, July 58,024, August 49,901, September 36,636, October 27,346, November 14,943, December 11,679.
Alaska391,830
United States254,742
Canada44,498
United Kingdom42,123
England39,163
Texas29,053
Germany26,286
California22,987
Ontario21,674
New York15,853

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
FamilyLady Beetles · Coccinellidae
GenusGreater Lady Beetles · Harmonia

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