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Square-spotted Dart

Agnorisma bollii

295 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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26 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

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 Virginia.January 5, February 5, March 6, April 9, May 12, June 6, July 5, August 5, September 6, October 26, November 4, December 4.
United States370
Virginia72
Maryland63
Missouri31
West Virginia31
Oklahoma23
North Carolina23
Texas20
Tennessee16
Indiana15

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

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusAgnorisma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Square-spotted Dart with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.