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Salt-and-pepper Long-horned Beetle

Graphisurus despectus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) murphy95, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 Illinois.January 1, February 2, March 3, April 5, May 7, June 3, July 2, August 2, September 3, October 2, November 2, December 1.
United States274
Illinois34
Indiana25
Kentucky22
New York19
Missouri17
North Carolina17
Virginia16
Tennessee14
Canada13

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
GenusGraphisurus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Salt-and-pepper Long-horned Beetle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.