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Tortoise Bug

Eurygaster testudinaria

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 858, February 633, March 992, April 1,561, May 2,251, June 2,455, July 2,627, August 2,259, September 1,659, October 1,238, November 677, December 529.
United States17,739
Alaska17,739
United Kingdom1,042
England1,011
Russia927
Germany822
France697
Austria364
Bayern355
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes207

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyJewel Bugs · Scutelleridae
GenusEurygaster

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