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Kiboshi Beetle

Psacothea hilaris

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 18, February 6, March 6, April 33, May 136, June 175, July 122, August 87, September 96, October 98, November 61, December 19.
China857
Taiwan597
Taiwan Province574
Japan118
New Taipei98
Jiangsu Province88
Zhejiang Province81
Taipei73
Italy56
Nord-Ovest56

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
FamilyLonghorn Beetles · Cerambycidae
GenusPsacothea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Kiboshi Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.