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Figure-seven Moth

Drasteria grandirena

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

27 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 New York.January 9, February 9, March 12, April 21, May 36, June 18, July 13, August 12, September 14, October 13, November 9, December 8.
United States991
New York174
Massachusetts159
Canada129
Ontario103
Connecticut101
Michigan63
Louisiana57
Alabama53
Georgia37

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusDrasteria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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