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Southern Pine Sawyer

Monochamus titillator

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 Georgia.January 6, February 6, March 6, April 8, May 7, June 4, July 3, August 3, September 4, October 5, November 4, December 5.
United States401
Georgia61
Alabama57
North Carolina48
Kentucky24
Texas23
Mississippi21
South Carolina21
Arkansas17
Louisiana17

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
GenusSawyer Beetles · Monochamus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Southern Pine Sawyer with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.