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Red-veined Meadowhawk

Sympetrum madidum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 45, February 39, March 41, April 51, May 71, June 92, July 86, August 32, September 40, October 41, November 53, December 41.
United States1,386
California499
Oregon410
Canada398
Washington227
British Columbia206
Saskatchewan53
Manitoba49
Idaho39
Nevada37

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
GenusMeadowhawks · Sympetrum

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