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Locust Borer

Megacyllene robiniae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 147, February 151, March 239, April 467, May 898, June 421, July 317, August 411, September 709, October 247, November 154, December 138.
United States20,823
Canada4,530
Ontario3,766
New York1,682
Massachusetts1,558
Ohio1,534
Pennsylvania1,102
New Jersey879
Virginia830
Maryland684

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
GenusMegacyllene

Sources

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