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Woodland Dor Beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,720, February 1,271, March 1,991, April 3,132, May 4,516, June 4,924, July 5,269, August 4,532, September 3,327, October 2,483, November 1,357, December 1,061.
United States35,583
Alaska35,583
Germany6,416
Russia3,006
France2,876
United Kingdom2,789
Austria1,982
Denmark1,821
Poland1,630
England1,614

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
GenusAnoplotrupes

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