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Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Libellula pulchella

33,706 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 425, February 436, March 689, April 1,350, May 2,593, June 1,421, July 1,653, August 827, September 870, October 712, November 445, December 397.
United States22,858
Canada7,917
Ontario5,585
Ohio3,836
Texas2,435
Minnesota1,899
California1,493
Illinois1,462
Wisconsin1,277
Quebec1,074

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

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