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White Featherleg

Platycnemis latipes

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 7, May 64, June 295, July 413, August 282, September 48, October 1, November 0, December 1.
Spain1,111
France1,090
Portugal532
Occitanie471
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur419
Galicia214
Cataluña/Catalunya206
Andalucía148
Nouvelle-Aquitaine141
Castilla y León122

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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
FamilyWhite-legged damselflies · Platycnemididae
GenusPlatycnemis

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