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Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle

Tetropium fuscum

210 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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26 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 201, February 148, March 232, April 366, May 527, June 575, July 615, August 529, September 388, October 290, November 158, December 124.
United States4,154
Alaska4,154
Germany29
Russia22
Canada14
Austria12
Italy9
Nova Scotia8
Poland8
Nord-Est8

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
GenusTetropium

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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