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Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 96,655, February 71,387, March 111,848, April 175,963, May 253,710, June 276,655, July 296,039, August 254,592, September 186,916, October 139,518, November 76,239, December 59,587.
United States1,999,108
Alaska1,999,108
United Kingdom27,719
England24,165
France13,024
Spain10,648
Germany7,590
Portugal6,594
Italy6,585
Austria3,117

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
FamilyBrush-footed Butterflies · Nymphalidae
GenusPararge

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