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Minnesota Long-horned Beetle

Trigonarthris subpubescens

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) christine123, some rights reserved (CC BY)

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 3, February 3, March 5, April 11, May 21, June 10, July 16, August 7, September 7, October 6, November 4, December 3.
United States250
Canada148
Ontario86
New York61
Quebec39
Vermont26
Minnesota24
Michigan16
New Hampshire15
Wisconsin13

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
GenusTrigonarthris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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