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Austral Saddlebags

Tramea cophysa

332 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 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 Argentina.January 10, February 31, March 17, April 17, May 4, June 0, July 1, August 7, September 10, October 3, November 6, December 23.
Argentina129
Santa Fe63
Brazil27
Corrientes24
Uruguay24
Buenos Aires22
United States14
Cerro Largo9
Chaco8
Arkansas7

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilySkimmers · Libellulidae
GenusSaddlebag Gliders · Tramea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Austral Saddlebags with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.