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Six-spotted Flower Longhorn Beetle

Strangalia sexnotata

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 47, February 45, March 52, April 98, May 147, June 135, July 26, August 27, September 32, October 34, November 44, December 43.
United States1,638
Texas538
North Carolina113
South Carolina99
Mississippi72
Oklahoma70
Louisiana64
Alabama60
New Mexico42
Arkansas39

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
GenusStrangalia

Sources

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