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Red-winged Longhorn Beetle

Brachyleptura rubrica

976 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 15, February 15, March 20, April 35, May 60, June 29, July 22, August 20, September 23, October 21, November 15, December 14.
United States1,721
New York288
Pennsylvania239
Canada208
Ontario204
North Carolina149
South Carolina126
Tennessee108
Michigan104
Massachusetts97

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
GenusBrachyleptura

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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