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Black-fronted Forktail

Ischnura denticollis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 149, February 129, March 134, April 167, May 162, June 119, July 102, August 104, September 132, October 135, November 173, December 134.
United States3,868
California1,640
Texas689
Nevada499
Mexico334
New Mexico290
Arizona206
Oklahoma195
Utah129
Oregon122

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
FamilyNarrow-winged Damselflies · Coenagrionidae
GenusForktails · Ischnura

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