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What is this bug?
Copyright © 2005 virtualdavid

What is this bug?
Fiddletown Road, approx 2525 ft. elevation, Amador County, California, USA
July 7, 2005
Size: 2" very roughly
The antennae is most interesting
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Contributed by virtualdavid on 11 September, 2007 - 5:01pm
Last updated 30 September, 2007 - 5:57pm

Size
This specimen was somewhere around 2 inches, or larger.
… virtualdavid, 11 September, 2007 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

I believe that is a
Brown lacewing.
… Ashley Bradford, 11 September, 2007 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

 
I believe I'll have another beer:-)
Ha! I don't drink, actually....This is a fishfly in the family Corydalidae. Not sure which genus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 September, 2007 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

 
heh heh...
That's gotta be awkward explaining that you don't drink when/if you buy alcohol to preserve bugs...
… Andrew Meeds, 11 September, 2007 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

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