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Thorn-tipped Dancer

Argia elongata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 38, February 33, March 23, April 18, May 13, June 15, July 16, August 11, September 6, October 19, November 47, December 28.
Costa Rica267
Guatemala99
Provincia Cartago83
Panama83
Provincia San José76
Provincia Puntarenas57
Guatemala56
Provincia de Chiriquí39
Provincia Alajuela32
Provincia de Coclé30

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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
FamilyNarrow-winged Damselflies · Coenagrionidae
GenusDancers · Argia

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