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Common Cardinal Beetle

Pyrochroa serraticornis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,494, February 1,103, March 1,729, April 2,720, May 3,921, June 4,276, July 4,576, August 3,935, September 2,889, October 2,156, November 1,178, December 921.
United States30,899
Alaska30,899
United Kingdom5,022
England4,740
Germany1,819
France1,818
Austria874
Denmark631
Netherlands517
Italy498

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
FamilyFire-colored Beetles · Pyrochroidae
GenusPyrochroa

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