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Bee-eating Beetle

Trichodes apiarius

16,552 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 Alaska.January 197, February 146, March 228, April 359, May 518, June 564, July 604, August 519, September 381, October 285, November 156, December 122.
United States4,079
Alaska4,079
Russia2,190
Austria1,900
Germany1,577
France1,089
Italy836
Ukraine676
Czechia583
Niederösterreich579

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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