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Clear Dagger

Acronicta clarescens

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28 photos

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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 Texas.January 18, February 17, March 32, April 37, May 23, June 11, July 10, August 10, September 12, October 16, November 17, December 16.
United States1,116
Texas204
Canada202
Ontario201
Michigan136
New York94
Massachusetts78
Mississippi57
Louisiana55
North Carolina39

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
GenusDagger Moths · Acronicta

Sources

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

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