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Alpine Emerald

Somatochlora alpestris

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 28, February 21, March 32, April 51, May 73, June 80, July 85, August 73, September 54, October 40, November 22, December 17.
United States577
Alaska577
Italy82
Austria66
Nord-Ovest47
France35
Nord-Est35
Tirol29
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes22
Finland21

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
FamilyEmerald Dragonflies · Corduliidae
GenusStriped Emerald Dragonflies · Somatochlora

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