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Variable Wisp

Agriocnemis femina

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 Singapore.January 72, February 39, March 66, April 52, May 38, June 26, July 26, August 38, September 27, October 16, November 33, December 45.
Singapore478
Indonesia398
China312
NORTH REGION268
Malaysia262
Thailand218
Taiwan177
Taiwan Province168
Philippines157
Sabah126

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
FamilyNarrow-winged Damselflies · Coenagrionidae
GenusWhisps · Agriocnemis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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