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Scarlet Basker

Urothemis signata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 34, February 43, March 34, April 109, May 109, June 103, July 128, August 181, September 224, October 152, November 56, December 54.
India1,227
Kerala614
Singapore583
NORTH REGION222
China214
WEST REGION190
West Bengal167
Tamil Nādu163
Taiwan156
Taiwan Province145

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
GenusBaskers · Urothemis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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