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Martian Seed Bug

Cnemodus mavortius

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 31, February 30, March 34, April 64, May 39, June 38, July 35, August 43, September 30, October 22, November 29, December 28.
United States610
Texas350
Georgia29
Oklahoma29
North Carolina27
Virginia21
South Carolina20
Alabama19
Missouri19
Maryland15

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyDirt-colored Seed Bugs · Rhyparochromidae
GenusCnemodus

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