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Twister

Tholymis tillarga

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 110, February 76, March 79, April 108, May 133, June 110, July 205, August 220, September 231, October 376, November 263, December 105.
India2,016
Singapore1,048
NORTH REGION681
West Bengal673
Kerala534
Australia400
Queensland361
Thailand350
China282
Indonesia251

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
GenusTholymis

Sources

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Practise Twister 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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