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Cherry Ermine

Yponomeuta padella

4,046 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 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 Alaska.January 558, February 412, March 646, April 1,016, May 1,464, June 1,597, July 1,709, August 1,469, September 1,079, October 805, November 440, December 344.
United States11,567
Alaska11,538
Germany110
Finland82
Uusimaa63
United Kingdom51
France47
England46
Niedersachsen36
Canada35

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
FamilyErmine Moths · Yponomeutidae
GenusSmall Ermine Moths · Yponomeuta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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