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European Alpine Scorpionfly

Panorpa alpina

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 13, February 9, March 14, April 23, May 33, June 36, July 38, August 33, September 24, October 18, November 10, December 8.
United States259
Alaska259
Austria120
Steiermark71
Germany60
Poland60
Romania55
France52
Switzerland42
Ukraine37

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
OrderScorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies · Mecoptera
FamilyScorpionflies · Panorpidae
GenusPanorpa

Sources

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Practise European Alpine Scorpionfly 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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