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Four-spotted Granite

Macaria coortaria

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 5, February 5, March 8, April 15, May 29, June 20, July 41, August 9, September 10, October 8, November 5, December 4.
United States209
Canada169
Ontario121
New York70
Michigan28
Massachusetts16
Colorado14
Connecticut11
Quebec11
Manitoba11

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
GenusMacaria

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