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Unknown apterygote - Tricholepidion
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Unknown apterygote - Tricholepidion
Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA
December 28, 2007
Size: about 12 mm sans cerci
Do these guys have two pairs of mandibles? That's what it looks like to me.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 13 February, 2008 - 9:49pm

one is the mandible and the o
one is the mandible and the other is the maxilla!
… Martin Hauser, 14 February, 2008 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Martin.
That's a wicked looking maxilla.
… Jim McClarin, 14 February, 2008 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

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