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Six-speckled Long-horned Beetle

Astylopsis sexguttata

488 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 Ontario.January 3, February 3, March 4, April 8, May 16, June 8, July 28, August 5, September 5, October 4, November 3, December 2.
United States314
Canada115
Ontario68
Massachusetts35
New York27
Maryland27
Virginia25
North Carolina22
South Carolina20
Quebec19

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
GenusAstylopsis

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