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Mating clerids - Chariessa pilosa - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Jeff Gruber

Mating clerids - Chariessa pilosa - Male Female
Fort McCoy SNA, Monroe County, Wisconsin, USA
June 9, 2007
These individuals were mating on the end of a log in a pile of mostly oak (I believe) logs.

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Mating clerids - Chariessa pilosa - male - female Mating clerids - Chariessa pilosa - male - female
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 24 June, 2007 - 9:30pm

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