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small tabby

Etiella behrii

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

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 115, February 45, March 26, April 9, May 8, June 11, July 20, August 70, September 122, October 281, November 208, December 125.
Australia1,040
Victoria566
Queensland202
New South Wales195
South Australia46
Australian Capital Territory11
Western Australia10
Tasmania5
Northern Territory5
New Zealand2

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusEtiella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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