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Spring Epistrophe

Epistrophe eligans

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,003, February 741, March 1,161, April 1,827, May 2,634, June 2,872, July 3,073, August 2,643, September 1,940, October 1,448, November 791, December 619.
United States20,752
Alaska20,752
United Kingdom2,713
England2,555
Germany634
France470
Austria276
Netherlands202
Wien126
Denmark115

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • 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
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyHover Flies · Syrphidae
GenusEpistrophe

Sources

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

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