Delta Flower Scarab

Trigonopeltastes delta (Forster 1771)

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Trigonopeltastes delta (Delta Flower Scarab) is a species of beetles in the family Cetoniidae. They visit flowers of New Jersey tea, narrowleaf mountainmint, button eryngo, and Carolina Cyrilla. Individuals can grow to 9 mm.

EOL has data for 9 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Peucetia viridans (Hentz 1832) (Green Lynx Spider)
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Peucetia viridans (Hentz 1832) (Green Lynx Spider)
body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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9 mm
cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Solidago shortii Torr. & A. Gray (Short's goldenrod)
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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North Atlantic
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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delta
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000101
- Definition: A tract of alluvium formed at the mouth of a river where the deposition ofsome of its load exceeds its rate of removal, crossed by the divergent channels (distributaries) of the river.
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visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. (button eryngo)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Serenoa repens (W. Bartram) Small (saw palmetto)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Delta Flower Scarab. View this species on GBIF

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