Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles) in the order Coleoptera (beetles)
The delta flower scarab got its name from the bright yellow triangle on its pronotum (“delta” is the Greek letter that’s a triangle). The yellow pattern might help protect it, since the beetle resembles a stinging wasp.
Learn more about this and other scarab beetles on their group page.
Delta flower scarab adults eat pollen, nectar, and/or other parts plants in the carrot, daisy, and mint families, including goldenrod, coneflower, rattlesnake master, and Queen Anne’s lace. The larvae live in rotting wood.
Invertebrates are animals without backbones, including earthworms, slugs, snails, and arthropods. Arthropods—invertebrates with “jointed legs” — are a group of invertebrates that includes crayfish, shrimp, millipedes, centipedes, mites, spiders, and insects. There may be as many as 10 million species of insects alive on earth today, and they probably constitute more than 90 percent all animal species.