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Taper-tailed Darner

Gomphaeschna antilope

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 8, February 10, March 9, April 25, May 34, June 27, July 7, August 6, September 8, October 8, November 6, December 7.
United States788
North Carolina107
Virginia89
Georgia63
Maryland54
Massachusetts47
New Jersey44
Louisiana41
South Carolina39
Alabama34

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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
FamilyDarners · Aeshnidae
GenusPygmy Darners · Gomphaeschna

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