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Six-banded Longhorn Beetle

Dryobius sexnotatus

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 Kentucky.January 3, February 3, March 4, April 7, May 8, June 10, July 3, August 3, September 3, October 3, November 2, December 2.
United States337
Kentucky44
Ohio39
Missouri32
Virginia32
Tennessee31
Maryland21
Indiana19
West Virginia19
Texas17

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
GenusDryobius

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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