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Mesquite Girdler

Oncideres rhodosticta

956 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 39, February 37, March 43, April 81, May 49, June 24, July 22, August 22, September 64, October 52, November 37, December 36.
United States853
Texas444
Arizona215
New Mexico187
Mexico57
Chihuahua18
Coahuila de Zaragoza16
Sonora12
Oklahoma7
Durango4

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
GenusTwig Girdling Beetles · Oncideres

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