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Zebra Longhorn Beetle

Typocerus zebra

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 44, February 53, March 49, April 78, May 162, June 58, July 38, August 36, September 46, October 46, November 35, December 40.
United States3,413
North Carolina591
Georgia438
Texas351
Louisiana321
South Carolina255
Mississippi213
Alabama197
Virginia196
Maryland115

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
GenusTypocerus

Sources

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