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Metallic Blue Lady Beetle

Curinus coeruleus

2,536 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 Hawaii.January 35, February 29, March 35, April 38, May 38, June 36, July 38, August 17, September 21, October 23, November 24, December 34.
United States805
Hawaii505
Argentina93
India72
Karnātaka68
Buenos Aires56
Mexico48
California35
Brazil28
Nuevo Leon21

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
GenusCurinus

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