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Ornate Checkered Beetle

Trichodes ornatus

12,382 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 326, February 282, March 389, April 730, May 1,438, June 951, July 335, August 227, September 288, October 294, November 378, December 292.
United States8,357
California5,075
Canada1,937
Colorado1,138
British Columbia936
Oregon911
Arizona651
Utah483
Idaho471
Washington418

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
FamilyCheckered Beetles · Cleridae
GenusTrichodes

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