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Glassy Cutworm Moth

Apamea devastator

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) warrenlayberry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 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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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 Ontario.January 42, February 43, March 68, April 132, May 254, June 119, July 260, August 162, September 85, October 70, November 44, December 39.
United States3,996
Canada3,029
Ontario1,066
Quebec524
Alaska466
Alberta459
Colorado453
Idaho386
Michigan362
New York354

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
GenusApamea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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