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Racket-tipped Rubyspot

Hetaerina occisa

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 49, February 44, March 66, April 36, May 16, June 35, July 37, August 5, September 8, October 22, November 12, December 55.
Costa Rica385
Mexico131
Panama118
Provincia Limón109
Provincia Puntarenas87
Provincia Guanacaste68
Provincia Alajuela57
Colombia45
Provincia Heredia41
Provincia de Panamá37

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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
FamilyBroad-winged Damselflies · Calopterygidae
GenusRubyspots · Hetaerina

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