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Cedar Beetle

Sandalus niger

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ohio.January 18, February 19, March 26, April 50, May 117, June 27, July 23, August 22, September 59, October 97, November 15, December 14.
United States3,012
Ohio376
Indiana340
Canada337
Ontario337
Texas302
Illinois292
Kentucky280
Michigan236
Pennsylvania127

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
FamilyCicada-Parasite Beetles · Rhipiceridae
GenusSandalus

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