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Texas Chiselmouth

Andrenosoma xanthocnemum

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) hok_h_15, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 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 Texas.January 1, February 0, March 0, April 3, May 1, June 3, July 2, August 1, September 0, October 0, November 4, December 0.
Texas15
Louisiana4
Venezuela1
Miranda1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyRobber Flies · Asilidae
GenusChiselmouths · Andrenosoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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