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Small Mulberry Borer

Dorcaschema alternatum

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

26 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 70, February 67, March 76, April 278, May 190, June 55, July 40, August 54, September 58, October 50, November 65, December 63.
United States1,421
Texas790
Oklahoma127
Ohio92
New York55
Canada51
Ontario51
Missouri35
Georgia27
Kansas24

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
GenusDorcaschema

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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