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Margined Leatherwing Beetle

Chauliognathus marginatus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 233, February 250, March 274, April 449, May 865, June 1,196, July 234, August 226, September 272, October 252, November 209, December 214.
United States28,532
Virginia2,967
Maryland2,396
North Carolina2,367
Ohio2,138
Pennsylvania2,054
Illinois1,942
Tennessee1,546
Indiana1,489
Missouri1,224

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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
FamilySoldier Beetles · Cantharidae
GenusChauliognathus

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