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Reed Dagger

Acronicta albovenosa

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) jupal04, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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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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 Alaska.January 267, February 197, March 309, April 486, May 701, June 764, July 817, August 703, September 516, October 385, November 211, December 165.
United States5,520
Alaska5,520
Germany66
France51
Poland37
Russia28
Berlin25
United Kingdom22
England22
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur21

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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