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The Geometrician

Grammodes stolida

3,862 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

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 South Africa.January 62, February 117, March 192, April 37, May 1, June 2, July 0, August 0, September 18, October 47, November 49, December 36.
South Africa561
Italy312
Bulgaria306
Plovdiv255
Western Cape221
Spain178
Greece147
Hungary124
Ukraine99
Russia98

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusGrammodes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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