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Bristletail
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Bristletail
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
March 24, 2005
As reported by the kids at the sandbox, this bristletail started off gray...but ended up this orange color. (20 minute time lapse)
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 25 March, 2005 - 5:42pm
Last updated 18 May, 2008 - 10:40am

Scales removed?
Usually I notice scales on these. Maybe they were removed somehow?
… Troy Bartlett, 25 March, 2005 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

 
my guess
is that the kids were messing with it, and it jumped so much the scales fell off?
… Lynette Schimming, 12 June, 2005 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

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