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Highland Meadowhawk

Sympetrum gilvum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Peru.January 10, February 2, March 5, April 8, May 12, June 12, July 13, August 5, September 10, October 6, November 11, December 18.
Peru112
Colombia107
Ecuador106
Córdoba53
Bogota Capital District53
Azuay48
Bolivia43
Pichincha34
Ayacucho33
Lima30

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

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilySkimmers · Libellulidae
GenusMeadowhawks · Sympetrum

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