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Eastern Red Damsel

Amphiagrion saucium

3,228 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ohio.January 61, February 66, March 90, April 174, May 424, June 660, July 165, August 76, September 88, October 72, November 52, December 49.
United States4,857
Canada1,676
Ohio1,533
Ontario1,180
New York570
Michigan496
Quebec340
Virginia312
West Virginia299
Maryland213

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
GenusRed Damsels · Amphiagrion

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