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Ants? Spiders? something else? - Arilus cristatus
Copyright © 2005 thangfish

Ants? Spiders? something else? - Arilus cristatus
Near Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
April 18, 2005
Size: approx .125" or smaller
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Contributed by thangfish on 23 April, 2005 - 7:57pm
Last updated 12 July, 2007 - 9:59am

Moved
Moved from Wheel Bug.
… john and jane balaban, 12 July, 2007 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

Photo
Pretty neat!
… Lynette Elliott, 23 April, 2005 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow, very cool! Sorry no idea
Wow, very cool! Sorry no idea :-( but where did you find them? They LOOK like ants...
… bugguy91, 23 April, 2005 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Baby Wheel Bugs?
The area between the slightly diagonal, horizontal black line at the top of the picture and the similar one running off the bottom of this shot is the bottom edge of a 1x6 fascia board on the eve of my house. Actual thickness of board is .75"
… thangfish, 24 April, 2005 - 6:12am login or register to post comments

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