Bed-jacket vs Tufted Clusterfly

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Pollenia pediculata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Tufted Clusterfly
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Diptera (Diptera)
Family Sapindaceae Polleniidae
Genus Alectryon Pollenia
Species Alectryon tomentosus Pollenia pediculata

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Tufted Clusterfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Tufted Clusterfly
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Tufted Clusterfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and United States.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Tufted Clusterfly

No description available.

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