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Tropical Woodskimmer

Uracis imbuta

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 140, February 158, March 116, April 48, May 27, June 14, July 30, August 16, September 23, October 25, November 43, December 77.
Costa Rica717
Provincia Puntarenas400
Panama372
Provincia Limón143
Provincia de Panamá110
Brazil91
Provincia Heredia81
Provincia de Veraguas63
Provincia Alajuela55
Provincia de Darién54

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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
GenusWoodskimmers · Uracis

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