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California Spreadwing

Archilestes californicus

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 78, February 68, March 71, April 88, May 85, June 63, July 54, August 91, September 176, October 177, November 91, December 70.
United States2,211
California862
Oregon688
Washington368
Arizona105
Texas82
Nevada51
Canada45
Idaho40
Mexico34

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
FamilySpreadwings and allies · Lestidae
GenusStream Spreadwings · Archilestes

Sources

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

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