Banded Amanita vs Red flour beetle

Amanita battarrae compared with Tribolium castaneum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Banded Amanita Red flour beetle
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Insecta (Insects)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family Agaricaceae (Agarics) Tenebrionidae
Genus Amanita (Amanitas) Tribolium
Species Amanita battarrae Tribolium castaneum

Conservation Status

Banded Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Red flour beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Banded Amanita Red flour beetle
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Amanita

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Red flour beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

Banded Amanita

The Banded Amanita (Amanita battarrae) is a species in the genus Amanita. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Red flour beetle

No description available.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

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