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Common Carrion Beetle

Dermestes marmoratus

190 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 Texas.January 13, February 13, March 14, April 27, May 17, June 8, July 7, August 8, September 9, October 10, November 12, December 12.
United States734
Texas150
Colorado124
New Mexico106
Oregon86
California59
Utah40
Arizona29
Nevada28
Canada20

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
FamilySkin Beetles · Dermestidae
GenusSkin Beetles · Dermestes

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