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Dark Bentbristle

Neoitamus orphne

353 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) robertgessing, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 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.

What the records say

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 Ontario.January 4, February 4, March 7, April 13, May 25, June 12, July 25, August 8, September 8, October 7, November 4, December 4.
United States228
Canada174
Ontario106
New York63
Quebec61
Pennsylvania34
Michigan20
Wisconsin16
West Virginia16
Virginia15

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

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyRobber Flies · Asilidae
GenusBentbristles · Neoitamus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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