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Mire Mourner

Dolerus madidus

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

21 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.

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 22, February 16, March 26, April 40, May 58, June 64, July 68, August 58, September 43, October 32, November 18, December 14.
United States459
Alaska459
United Kingdom4
Germany4
England3
Poland3
Netherlands2
Bayern2
Schleswig-Holstein2
Pomeranian Voivodeship2

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
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyCommon Sawflies · Tenthredinidae
GenusDolerus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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