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Mocha Emerald

Somatochlora linearis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 19, February 18, March 21, April 39, May 24, June 12, July 10, August 11, September 13, October 14, November 18, December 17.
United States2,262
Texas216
Virginia216
Ohio197
Canada167
Ontario167
Indiana160
Maryland159
Oklahoma113
Michigan97

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
FamilyEmerald Dragonflies · Corduliidae
GenusStriped Emerald Dragonflies · Somatochlora

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