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Sedge Sprite

Nehalennia irene

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 197, February 202, March 320, April 626, May 1,202, June 733, July 472, August 383, September 403, October 330, November 206, December 184.
Canada9,443
United States8,814
Ontario2,181
New York1,740
Michigan1,217
Minnesota883
Iowa809
Quebec650
Wisconsin520
Maine491

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
GenusSprites · Nehalennia

Sources

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

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