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Red-shouldered Pine Borer

Stictoleptura canadensis

4,236 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) mbirrer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 26, February 23, March 35, April 85, May 156, June 103, July 117, August 89, September 70, October 58, November 34, December 31.
Canada2,688
United States1,781
Quebec786
Ontario646
New York363
Nova Scotia333
Maine262
British Columbia227
New Brunswick192
Vermont182

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
GenusStictoleptura

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Red-shouldered Pine Borer with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.