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Banded Longhorn Beetle

Typocerus velutinus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 90, February 92, March 145, April 285, May 547, June 256, July 843, August 197, September 184, October 150, November 94, December 84.
United States11,210
Canada3,748
Ontario2,061
New York1,888
Massachusetts935
Virginia900
Michigan829
Maryland678
North Carolina553
Pennsylvania525

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
GenusTypocerus

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