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Burnet Companion

Euclidia glyphica

21,613 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) del_li, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 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 3,315, February 2,449, March 3,836, April 6,035, May 8,702, June 9,489, July 10,154, August 8,732, September 6,411, October 4,785, November 2,615, December 2,044.
United States68,568
Alaska68,568
Germany2,753
Austria1,997
France1,979
Russia1,709
United Kingdom1,039
Italy993
England968
Bayern798

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusEuclidia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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