Stats

Lifespan

1-3 years

Size

Medium

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

The Americas

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Armor

Status

Common

About

This nocturnal scarab beetle lives in soil and emerges to feed on tree leaves. Its larvae spend three years underground eating roots before transforming into adults.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Phyllophaga