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Red Net-winged Beetle

Dictyoptera simplicipes

2,945 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 British Columbia.January 64, February 60, March 93, April 144, May 235, June 146, July 116, August 104, September 91, October 72, November 58, December 59.
United States1,969
Canada1,310
British Columbia1,140
California757
Alaska633
Washington435
Alberta152
Oregon145
Nevada43
Idaho36

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
FamilyNet-winged Beetles · Lycidae
GenusDictyoptera

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