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Red-blue Checkered Beetle

Trichodes nuttalli

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27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 1, June 130, July 145, August 14, September 1, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Ontario291
Manitoba252
Alberta243
Colorado164
Saskatchewan161
Minnesota107
Wisconsin95
South Dakota73
Michigan46
North Dakota43

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
FamilyCheckered Beetles · Cleridae
GenusTrichodes

Sources

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