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Two-striped Forceptail

Aphylla williamsoni

1,817 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 Georgia.January 27, February 29, March 27, April 40, May 32, June 20, July 28, August 16, September 21, October 24, November 18, December 23.
United States2,278
Georgia294
Texas231
North Carolina196
Louisiana196
Mississippi158
Alabama157
South Carolina133
Arkansas50
Oklahoma29

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
FamilyClubtails · Gomphidae
GenusGreater Forceptails · Aphylla

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