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Holopogon? - Holopogon phaeonotus
Copyright © 2007 Robert Overbeck

Holopogon? - Holopogon phaeonotus
Little Stony Point (Cold Spring), Putnam County, New York, USA
June 21, 2007
Size: 5 mm
Smallest robber I've seen.
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Contributed by Robert Overbeck on 25 June, 2007 - 9:33pm
Last updated 22 November, 2009 - 4:16pm

Moved
Moved from Holopogon.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 22 November, 2009 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

I'm pretty sure
that's Holopogon phaeonotus.
… norman and cheryl lavers, 22 November, 2009 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

Excellent
Call. And they are remarkable tiny. Several species up that way. H guttulus, oriens, phaenotus and vockerothi.
… Herschel Raney, 25 June, 2007 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Herschel
Thank you Herschel.

I forgot to mention that they are the least skittish robbers I've seen. I was able to hold up a white balance card behind one to get an accurate measurement. Practically had to hit it to get it to move.
… Robert Overbeck, 26 June, 2007 - 3:41am login or register to post comments

 
These
Stem tip perchers are made for tripod photography.
… Herschel Raney, 26 June, 2007 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

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