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Bee-eating Beetle

Trichodes alvearius

8,460 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 0, February 0, March 11, April 426, May 1,312, June 605, July 217, August 21, September 1, October 0, November 1, December 0.
France2,594
Germany1,532
United States1,060
Alaska1,060
Italy934
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur556
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes547
Baden-Württemberg477
Occitanie474
Centro421

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
FamilyCheckered Beetles · Cleridae
GenusTrichodes

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