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Scarce Knapweed Fly

Acinia corniculata

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

24 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 16, February 12, March 19, April 30, May 43, June 47, July 50, August 43, September 32, October 24, November 13, December 10.
United States338
Alaska338
Finland13
Germany13
Russia11
Uusimaa9
Austria5
United Kingdom4
England4
Moscow Oblast4

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
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyFruit Flies · Tephritidae
GenusAcinia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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