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Violet tanbark beetle

Callidium violaceum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 240, February 177, March 277, April 436, May 629, June 686, July 734, August 631, September 463, October 346, November 189, December 148.
United States4,996
Alaska4,954
Russia427
Germany309
Austria192
Finland179
Czechia163
Denmark98
Italy91
Bayern75

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
GenusCallidium

Sources

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