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Transverse Lady Beetle

Coccinella transversoguttata

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 44, February 34, March 47, April 93, May 141, June 140, July 199, August 92, September 63, October 45, November 39, December 37.
United States5,891
Canada3,246
Colorado806
Ontario689
British Columbia557
New York469
Alberta440
Michigan427
Wyoming342
Manitoba337

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
GenusCoccinella

Sources

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

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