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Black-necked Checkered Blister Beetle

Pyrota deceptiva

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 19, February 18, March 20, April 39, May 24, June 12, July 10, August 11, September 56, October 45, November 18, December 17.
United States300
Texas214
New Mexico66
Oklahoma16
Arizona4
Mexico3
Coahuila de Zaragoza2
Durango1

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
FamilyBlister Beetles · Meloidae
GenusPyrota

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