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Scarce Chaser

Libellula fulva

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 3,321, February 2,453, March 3,844, April 6,047, May 8,718, June 9,507, July 10,173, August 8,749, September 6,423, October 4,794, November 2,620, December 2,048.
United States68,697
Alaska68,697
France1,893
Russia1,520
Germany1,500
United Kingdom1,062
England1,059
Italy810
Nord-Ovest527
Kursk Oblast484

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilySkimmers · Libellulidae
GenusChasers and King Skimmers · Libellula

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