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White-spotted Midget

Eutricopis nexilis

329 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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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 Wyoming.January 3, February 3, March 5, April 11, May 26, June 27, July 23, August 17, September 13, October 6, November 3, December 3.
United States364
Canada240
Wyoming140
Colorado114
British Columbia78
Alberta74
California27
Yukon19
Northwest Territories17
Nunavut17

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
GenusEutricopis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise White-spotted Midget with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.