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Roseate Skimmer

Orthemis ferruginea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 1,016, February 972, March 1,104, April 2,095, May 1,284, June 713, July 1,417, August 1,698, September 1,377, October 1,254, November 953, December 924.
United States18,228
Texas12,067
Mexico2,251
Arizona1,562
Louisiana535
Sinaloa428
Georgia422
Chihuahua372
California339
South Carolina281

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
GenusTropical King Skimmers · Orthemis

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