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Sphindid - Eurysphindus comatulus
Copyright © 2008 Jeff Gruber & Nicolas Gompel & UW-Madison Dept. of Entomology

Sphindid - Eurysphindus comatulus
Big Eau Pleine Woods SNA, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA
July 29, 2004
Size: 1.7mm
Collected by my clerid worker friend John Dorshorst. Collected in a flight intercept trap (22-29 July 2004) baited with cantharidin in old-growth northern mesic forest.

Expertly mounted by my friend Nicolas Gompel. All pics taken with automontage system. Actual montaging done with CombineZM.

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 23 February, 2008 - 5:03pm

Great job, guys.
That's a lot of detail extracted from one tiny little slime-mold beetle.
… Jim McClarin, 23 February, 2008 - 8:48pm

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