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Harvester

Feniseca tarquinius

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 66, February 67, March 107, April 209, May 401, June 188, July 151, August 128, September 135, October 110, November 69, December 61.
United States6,594
Canada3,432
Ontario1,683
New York927
Quebec763
Michigan518
Ohio467
Virginia442
West Virginia385
Nova Scotia330

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
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusNorth American Harvesters · Feniseca

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