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Red Damselfly

Xanthocnemis zealandica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 561, February 332, March 128, April 27, May 19, June 11, July 8, August 30, September 100, October 326, November 608, December 627.
New Zealand2,777
Canterbury Region893
Auckland Region456
Wellington Region336
Otago Region221
West Coast Region168
Waikato Region136
Manawatu-Wanganui Region105
Southland Region87
Bay of Plenty Region86

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
FamilyNarrow-winged Damselflies · Coenagrionidae
GenusXanthocnemis

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