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Charlie Brown Blister Beetle

Pyrota palpalis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 13, February 12, March 14, April 26, May 16, June 8, July 7, August 7, September 20, October 9, November 12, December 11.
United States447
Texas143
New Mexico128
Arizona81
California45
Utah38
Nevada11
Mexico7
Chihuahua5
Oklahoma1

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
FamilyBlister Beetles · Meloidae
GenusPyrota

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Charlie Brown Blister Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.