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Royal River Cruiser

Macromia taeniolata

1,950 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ohio.January 24, February 26, March 35, April 67, May 158, June 36, July 165, August 148, September 34, October 28, November 20, December 19.
United States2,783
Ohio507
Texas451
Canada364
Ontario364
Michigan205
Virginia134
Kentucky122
Indiana110
Georgia98

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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
FamilyCruisers · Macromiidae
GenusRiver Cruisers · Macromia

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