Insects › Scarabs

Harlequin Flower Beetle

Gymnetis thula

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 90, February 86, March 98, April 186, May 114, June 135, July 75, August 51, September 61, October 65, November 85, December 82.
United States1,126
Texas1,025
Mexico79
Nuevo Leon33
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave26
Louisiana11
Tamaulipas9
Oklahoma4
Georgia3
Queretaro de Arteaga3

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
FamilyScarabs · Scarabaeidae
GenusGymnetis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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