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nicagus occultus - Nicagus occultus - female
Copyright © 2005 William Ericson

nicagus occultus - Nicagus occultus - Female
Ward County, Texas, USA
June 6, 2005
this is the most recent addition to the genus nicagus, sand loving lucanid.

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nicagus occultus - Nicagus occultus - female nicagus occultus - Nicagus occultus - female
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Contributed by William Ericson on 19 September, 2007 - 1:14am
Last updated 18 October, 2007 - 7:17pm

Wrong county!
Hey Will,

Thanks for putting up my little species! Since it's my locality label, I just wanted to note that the correct county is "Ward" not "Howard", which is some distance off to the northeast.

Cheers
M.J. Paulsen
… MJ Paulsen, 18 October, 2007 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

 
woops, I accidently put up th
woops, I accidently put up the local from a mutillidae. long time no talk I was actually meaning to email you.
… William Ericson, 18 October, 2007 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

yes, much better!
:-)
… Boris Büche, 27 September, 2007 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

welcome!
I see you are new in our community, and an enthusiast. I am sorry, therefore, to tell you that images like this one are not very useful for the guide.
Even when enlarged (and only editors, not visitors can do that), I could not guess even the family of this beetle. Please post adequately cropped images in future :-)
… Boris Büche, 20 September, 2007 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

 
hey is this image better, I d
hey is this image better, I deleted the old ones and replaced them with these
… William Ericson, 24 September, 2007 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
no, I'm not new to the commun
no, I'm not new to the community,I've actually been here for quite some time, I just didn't post anything until now.trust me I know images like this aren't useful, but I'm just figuring out how to use my camera, Its more of a crash test dummy and you may frass it.
… William Ericson, 20 September, 2007 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

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