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Ocellated Darner

Boyeria grafiana

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 33, February 33, March 44, April 77, May 133, June 65, July 49, August 45, September 52, October 48, November 33, December 30.
United States2,432
Canada1,136
New York642
Vermont506
Quebec424
Ontario355
New Hampshire214
New Brunswick200
Tennessee170
North Carolina161

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
FamilyDarners · Aeshnidae
GenusSpotted Darners · Boyeria

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