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Northern Pygmy Clubtail

Lanthus parvulus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 13, February 11, March 17, April 41, May 75, June 50, July 42, August 38, September 34, October 28, November 16, December 15.
United States1,016
Canada853
Quebec380
New York363
New Brunswick256
Vermont251
New Hampshire95
Maine87
Newfoundland and Labrador81
Ontario75

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
FamilyClubtails · Gomphidae
GenusPygmy Clubtails · Lanthus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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