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Northern Carrion Beetle

Thanatophilus lapponicus

753 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 Alaska.January 53, February 39, March 61, April 96, May 138, June 151, July 162, August 139, September 102, October 76, November 42, December 33.
United States2,808
Alaska1,091
Canada737
Colorado307
Manitoba303
Minnesota257
Utah234
Idaho117
California116
Wyoming108

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
GenusThanatophilus

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