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Morton's Skimmer

Cannaphila mortoni

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 0, February 2, March 3, April 1, May 0, June 0, July 1, August 0, September 0, October 1, November 0, December 0.
Costa Rica8
Panama7
Provincia Heredia3
Provincia Alajuela2
Provincia de Panamá Oeste2
Provincia de Panamá2
Colombia1
Valle del Cauca1
Provincia Guanacaste1
Provincia Puntarenas1

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
FamilySkimmers · Libellulidae
GenusConvict Skimmers · Cannaphila

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