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Flashlight Shield Lady Beetle

Parexochomus nigromaculatus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ivanprst, some rights reserved (CC BY)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 3, February 2, March 10, April 15, May 24, June 34, July 18, August 20, September 18, October 11, November 3, December 1.
France159
Portugal98
Spain84
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur75
Occitanie45
Ukraine34
Andalucía32
Israel31
Greece31
FARO26

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
GenusParexochomus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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