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tobacco-coloured longhorn beetle

Alosterna tabacicolor

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 553, February 408, March 640, April 1,007, May 1,451, June 1,582, July 1,693, August 1,456, September 1,069, October 798, November 436, December 341.
United States11,435
Alaska11,435
Germany876
Russia581
Austria565
France292
Wien268
Poland207
Finland195
Ukraine173

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
GenusAlosterna

Sources

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