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Golden Tortoise Beetle

Charidotella sexpunctata

9,418 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 41, February 41, March 55, April 96, May 165, June 102, July 61, August 55, September 65, October 60, November 41, December 38.
United States4,957
Canada886
New York798
Ontario601
Virginia361
Vermont316
Mexico312
Maryland308
Massachusetts276
Texas261

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
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusCharidotella

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