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Sparkling Jewelwing

Calopteryx dimidiata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 41, February 45, March 42, April 61, May 50, June 30, July 25, August 24, September 33, October 37, November 28, December 35.
United States3,801
Georgia451
South Carolina419
Alabama342
North Carolina321
New Jersey278
Maryland211
Virginia175
Delaware166
Louisiana163

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
FamilyBroad-winged Damselflies · Calopterygidae
GenusJewelwings · Calopteryx

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