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Garden Carrion Beetle

Heterosilpha ramosa

2,191 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 27, February 21, March 29, April 57, May 87, June 52, July 49, August 42, September 39, October 28, November 24, December 23.
United States1,945
Canada790
Colorado479
Manitoba371
California364
Minnesota318
Oregon250
Washington157
British Columbia149
Alberta138

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
FamilyRove Beetles · Staphylinidae
GenusHeterosilpha

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