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Needham's Skimmer

Libellula needhami

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 227, February 217, March 246, April 467, May 306, June 644, July 548, August 420, September 153, October 163, November 213, December 206.
United States17,950
Texas3,004
Maryland2,644
Virginia1,836
North Carolina1,106
New Jersey970
Louisiana738
South Carolina375
Delaware339
District of Columbia236

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
GenusChasers and King Skimmers · Libellula

Sources

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