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Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle

Psyllobora vigintimaculata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 168, February 145, March 151, April 187, May 182, June 220, July 220, August 210, September 244, October 151, November 195, December 150.
United States11,987
Canada5,397
California1,843
British Columbia1,674
New York1,293
Ontario1,280
Washington1,046
Oregon713
Virginia494
Maryland473

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
FamilyLady Beetles · Coccinellidae
GenusFungus-eating Lady Beetles · Psyllobora

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