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Square-spotted Dasher

Micrathyria ocellata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 27, February 18, March 12, April 16, May 15, June 17, July 24, August 9, September 13, October 22, November 4, December 12.
Mexico189
Jalisco174
Costa Rica93
Brazil59
Panama38
Provincia Puntarenas37
Rio de Jeneiro30
Provincia Cartago14
Provincia Heredia12
Provincia Limón12

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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
GenusSpeckled Dashers · Micrathyria

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