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Labrador Carpet

Xanthorhoe labradorensis

2,266 observations in the source records

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

28 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.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

What the records say

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 Ontario.January 17, February 17, March 28, April 54, May 103, June 77, July 37, August 50, September 35, October 28, November 18, December 16.
Canada1,169
United States1,005
Ontario434
New York331
Quebec291
British Columbia159
Massachusetts108
Nova Scotia90
Vermont84
Washington80

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusXanthorhoe

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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