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Arrowhead Rockmaster

Diphlebia nymphoides

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 Australia.January 408, February 82, March 26, April 7, May 0, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 41, October 135, November 186, December 238.
Australia1,123
Queensland496
New South Wales372
Victoria219
Australian Capital Territory36

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

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilyBluestreaks And Rockmasters · Lestoideidae
GenusRockmasters · Diphlebia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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