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Scalloped Hazel

Odontopera bidentata

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 5,846, February 4,318, March 6,765, April 10,642, May 15,345, June 16,732, July 17,905, August 15,398, September 11,305, October 8,438, November 4,611, December 3,604.
United States120,908
Alaska120,908
United Kingdom662
England412
Scotland160
Finland117
Switzerland116
Russia102
Denmark93
Austria69

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusOdontopera

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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