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Living Beech Borer

Goes pulverulentus

162 observations in the source records

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

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 Texas.January 2, February 2, March 3, April 5, May 10, June 2, July 1, August 1, September 2, October 2, November 2, December 2.
United States128
Texas28
Missouri11
Louisiana10
Oklahoma8
Illinois7
Mississippi7
Kentucky6
Indiana5
Ohio5

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
GenusGoes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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