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Large Gray Dagger

Acronicta insita

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 50, February 52, March 82, April 160, May 307, June 144, July 226, August 165, September 157, October 84, November 53, December 47.
Canada4,477
United States3,013
Ontario1,286
Quebec1,147
British Columbia643
Washington556
New York461
Nova Scotia356
Oregon322
Vermont311

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusDagger Moths · Acronicta

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