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Red-headed Ash Borer

Neoclytus acuminatus

5,895 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 Texas.January 81, February 78, March 88, April 168, May 103, June 53, July 66, August 46, September 55, October 59, November 76, December 74.
United States4,915
Texas923
Canada578
Ontario480
Pennsylvania350
New York328
Virginia235
Michigan233
Maryland204
North Carolina184

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
GenusNeoclytus

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