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The Scribbler

Cladara atroliturata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) cobal, 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.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 24, February 25, March 39, April 111, May 201, June 69, July 52, August 47, September 49, October 40, November 25, December 23.
United States2,076
Canada1,368
Ontario618
New York609
Quebec434
Vermont222
Massachusetts186
New Hampshire145
West Virginia108
Pennsylvania94

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusCladara

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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