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Bristletail
Copyright © 2007 Werner Eigelsreiter

Bristletail
Oliver, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
May 27, 2007
Size: body about 7 mm
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Contributed by Werner Eigelsreiter on 28 May, 2007 - 2:05am
Last updated 16 June, 2007 - 10:29pm

Similar to Dilta sp.
I found a photograph of a very similar bristletail from an island in the Aegean Sea. Not to say it's the same species. By all means there's almost no way it could be, but could they be related?
http://uk.geocities.com/thasos@btinternet.com/Dilta_sp2_-_Messosini_150607.jpg
http://thasos.users.btopenworld.com/description.htm
… Jonas Insinga, 25 February, 2008 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

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