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Coastal Huisache Girdler

Oncideres pustulata

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

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 21, February 20, March 23, April 44, May 27, June 13, July 12, August 12, September 34, October 58, November 55, December 19.
United States242
Texas242
Mexico39
Nuevo Leon30
Tamaulipas5
Guanajuato2
San Luis Potosi1
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave1

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
GenusTwig Girdling Beetles · Oncideres

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Coastal Huisache Girdler with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.