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Meadow Brown

Maniola jurtina

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 112,000, February 82,721, March 129,606, April 203,901, May 293,992, June 320,579, July 343,041, August 295,013, September 216,592, October 161,670, November 88,344, December 69,048.
United States2,316,508
Alaska2,316,508
United Kingdom16,531
England14,892
Germany9,809
France8,146
Italy5,702
Spain4,930
Austria4,342
Denmark2,710

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
GenusManiola

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