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Blue-eyed Setwing

Dythemis nigra

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Panama.January 11, February 28, March 33, April 14, May 9, June 24, July 16, August 21, September 20, October 8, November 13, December 11.
Panama208
Costa Rica207
Brazil141
Mexico98
Provincia Puntarenas79
Provincia de Panamá73
Colón Province50
Colombia49
Provincia Alajuela35
Provincia Limón34

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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
GenusSetwings · Dythemis

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