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Delicate Soldier

Myxosargus nigricormis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 7, February 7, March 11, April 21, May 41, June 19, July 26, August 13, September 14, October 11, November 7, December 6.
United States648
Canada170
Ontario170
Michigan108
New York102
Ohio83
New Jersey66
Pennsylvania51
Maryland36
Virginia33

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
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilySoldier Flies · Stratiomyidae
GenusMyxosargus

Sources

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