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Eastern Twig Girdler

Oncideres cingulata

1,506 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 42, February 41, March 46, April 88, May 54, June 26, July 23, August 24, September 47, October 109, November 57, December 39.
United States1,125
Texas482
North Carolina67
Oklahoma53
Virginia50
Alabama43
Georgia43
Kentucky40
Missouri36
Arkansas32

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
FamilyLonghorn Beetles · Cerambycidae
GenusTwig Girdling Beetles · Oncideres

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