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Bronze Roadside-Skipper

Amblyscirtes aenus

877 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Mexico.January 18, February 17, March 19, April 28, May 35, June 21, July 21, August 23, September 23, October 19, November 16, December 18.
United States848
New Mexico259
Arizona252
Texas231
Colorado78
Oklahoma16
Utah8
Georgia3
Mexico2
Kansas1

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
FamilySkippers · Hesperiidae
GenusRoadside-Skippers · Amblyscirtes

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