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Finnish Dart

Actebia fennica

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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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 British Columbia.January 11, February 10, March 16, April 19, May 29, June 25, July 20, August 18, September 16, October 12, November 10, December 10.
United States1,538
Canada769
British Columbia196
Ontario174
Alaska119
Quebec119
Alberta110
Nunavut76
Michigan48
Minnesota24

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
GenusActebia

Sources

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Practise Finnish Dart 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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