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The Flame

Axylia putris

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 11,871, February 8,768, March 13,737, April 21,611, May 31,160, June 33,978, July 36,359, August 31,268, September 22,957, October 17,135, November 9,364, December 7,318.
United States245,527
Alaska245,526
United Kingdom1,984
England1,363
Austria997
France763
Steiermark669
Scotland501
Germany459
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes417

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
GenusAxylia

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