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Elfin Skimmer

Nannothemis bella

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 56, February 57, March 91, April 178, May 341, June 311, July 139, August 109, September 115, October 94, November 59, December 52.
United States4,748
Canada2,337
Ontario1,432
New York714
New Jersey700
Quebec655
Ohio570
Michigan384
Maryland312
Vermont224

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
FamilySkimmers · Libellulidae
GenusNannothemis

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