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Narrow-collared Snail-eating Beetle

Scaphinotus angusticollis

5,660 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 Washington.January 202, February 177, March 201, April 267, May 335, June 256, July 209, August 201, September 287, October 307, November 163, December 187.
United States7,362
Canada5,319
Washington2,055
British Columbia1,945
Oregon634
Alaska223
California74
Alberta71
Nunavut19
Saskatchewan1

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
FamilyGround Beetles · Carabidae
GenusSnail-eating Beetles · Scaphinotus

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