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Aspen Zebra Beetle

Xylotrechus rusticus

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 Alaska.January 239, February 176, March 276, April 434, May 626, June 683, July 731, August 628, September 461, October 344, November 188, December 147.
United States4,934
Alaska4,934
Russia289
Germany164
Austria122
Poland88
France70
Wien58
Sweden57
Ukraine57

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
GenusXylotrechus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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