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Red Triangle Long-horned Beetle

Purpuricenus humeralis

262 observations in the source records

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26 photos

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Pennsylvania.January 3, February 4, March 5, April 8, May 13, June 6, July 5, August 4, September 5, October 5, November 3, December 3.
United States340
Pennsylvania66
Canada47
New York44
Virginia33
Maryland31
Massachusetts26
West Virginia26
Ontario23
North Carolina16

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
GenusPurplescent Longhorn Beetles · Purpuricenus

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