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Carolina Dung Beetle

Dichotomius carolinus

3,096 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 25, February 30, March 28, April 45, May 45, June 28, July 23, August 35, September 27, October 26, November 20, December 23.
United States2,865
North Carolina341
Kentucky301
Texas253
Virginia234
Georgia189
Tennessee171
Missouri168
Maryland135
Indiana134

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
FamilyScarabs · Scarabaeidae
GenusDichotomius

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