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Emerald Ash Borer

Agrilus planipennis

10,454 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 81, February 83, March 132, April 258, May 496, June 233, July 177, August 158, September 167, October 136, November 85, December 76.
United States5,365
Canada2,555
Ontario2,081
New York1,118
Michigan579
Minnesota577
Pennsylvania390
New Jersey386
Quebec351
Wisconsin328

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
FamilyJewel Beetles · Buprestidae
GenusAgrilus

Sources

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