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columbine sawfly
Pristiphora rufipes
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
red columbineAquilegia canadensis
common columbineAquilegia vulgaris
golden columbineAquilegia chrysantha
Dark ColumbineAquilegia atrata
blue columbineAquilegia coerulea
Fan ColumbineAquilegia flabellata
Aquilegia olympica
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 158 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 116 |
| Ontario | 93 |
| Illinois | 25 |
| Iowa | 19 |
| Ohio | 16 |
| New York | 13 |
| British Columbia | 12 |
| Utah | 10 |
| Idaho | 10 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Common Sawflies · Tenthredinidae |
| Genus | Pristiphora |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise columbine sawfly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.