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The druid

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

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 22, February 16, March 25, April 39, May 56, June 62, July 66, August 57, September 42, October 31, November 17, December 13.
United States445
Alaska445
Austria437
Russia313
Steiermark276
Switzerland203
France176
Bashkortostan117
Hungary104
Bulgaria99

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

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusAedia

Sources

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