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Convergent Lady Beetle

Hippodamia convergens

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 1,795, February 1,553, March 2,246, April 5,261, May 4,477, June 2,178, July 1,227, August 1,250, September 1,586, October 1,621, November 2,084, December 1,607.
United States58,438
California28,558
Texas8,535
Colorado4,153
Mexico3,436
New Mexico2,931
Canada2,827
Arizona2,657
Oregon1,499
Washington1,256

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
GenusOblong Lady Beetles · Hippodamia

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