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Dark-horned Muscina

Muscina levida

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 179, February 132, March 207, April 326, May 470, June 513, July 549, August 472, September 346, October 259, November 141, December 110.
United States3,933
Alaska3,705
Canada783
Ontario359
New York100
Alberta87
Nunavut87
British Columbia74
Russia72
Germany66

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
FamilyHouse Flies and Allies · Muscidae
GenusMuscina

Sources

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