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Dusty June Beetle

Amblonoxia palpalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 16, February 14, March 14, April 18, May 24, June 58, July 47, August 11, September 14, October 14, November 18, December 14.
United States180
California174
Nevada6
Mexico2
Baja California2

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
FamilyScarabs · Scarabaeidae
GenusAmblonoxia

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