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Rock Scarlet

Crocothemis divisa

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Nigeria.January 3, February 0, March 1, April 1, May 0, June 3, July 1, August 3, September 5, October 3, November 2, December 1.
Madagascar91
Ihorombe31
Zambia30
Nigeria23
Ghana19
Sava10
Alaotra-Mangoro9
Savannah Region9
Diana7
Amoron'i Mania7

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
GenusScarlet Skimmers · Crocothemis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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