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Strawberry Seed Beetle

Harpalus rufipes

12,548 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 978, February 722, March 1,132, April 1,781, May 2,567, June 2,799, July 2,996, August 2,576, September 1,891, October 1,412, November 771, December 603.
United States20,640
Alaska20,229
Canada653
Germany516
United Kingdom401
England368
Quebec330
Russia323
France302
Austria244

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
FamilyGround Beetles · Carabidae
GenusHarpalus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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