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Black-headed Cardinal Beetle

Pyrochroa coccinea

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,174, February 867, March 1,359, April 2,138, May 3,083, June 3,361, July 3,597, August 3,093, September 2,271, October 1,695, November 926, December 724.
United States24,290
Alaska24,290
Germany2,603
United Kingdom956
England904
France872
Denmark675
Austria671
Italy458
Poland443

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
FamilyFire-colored Beetles · Pyrochroidae
GenusPyrochroa

Sources

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