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Pearly Wood-nymph

Eudryas unio

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 74, February 76, March 120, April 235, May 452, June 512, July 311, August 269, September 152, October 124, November 78, December 69.
United States6,419
Canada2,286
Ontario1,895
New York1,325
Michigan514
Massachusetts469
Ohio463
Quebec388
Texas332
Louisiana281

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
GenusEudryas

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