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Sheathed Quaker

Ulolonche culea

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

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 14, February 12, March 15, April 25, May 105, June 53, July 18, August 19, September 19, October 19, November 14, December 13.
United States951
Massachusetts234
New York221
Canada148
Ontario130
Michigan83
Connecticut49
North Carolina40
New Jersey34
Kansas29

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
GenusUlolonche

Sources

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