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Water Ladybird

Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) drosophila, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 618, February 456, March 715, April 1,125, May 1,622, June 1,768, July 1,892, August 1,627, September 1,195, October 892, November 487, December 381.
United States12,779
Alaska12,779
Russia195
United Kingdom185
England172
France119
Netherlands111
Germany100
Finland70
Belgium50

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
GenusAnisosticta

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