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Common Dor Beetle

Geotrupes stercorarius

1,708 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 Alaska.January 247, February 182, March 286, April 450, May 648, June 707, July 756, August 650, September 478, October 356, November 195, December 152.
United States5,157
Alaska5,107
Canada106
Quebec72
United Kingdom63
Maine50
France39
England37
Russia29
Newfoundland and Labrador21

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
FamilyEarth-boring Beetles · Geotrupidae
GenusGeotrupes

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