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Red-faced Dragonlet

Erythrodiplax fusca

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 71, February 114, March 43, April 9, May 7, June 10, July 21, August 9, September 9, October 14, November 54, December 49.
Costa Rica410
Brazil334
Panama289
Provincia Puntarenas181
Provincia Alajuela87
Rio de Jeneiro80
Sao Paulo70
Provincia de Panamá54
Provincia de Darién51
Provincia Heredia46

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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
GenusDragonlets · Erythrodiplax

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