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Bug exuvium - Triatoma
Copyright © 2008 Charley Eiseman

Bug exuvium - Triatoma
Maryland, USA
June 29, 2008
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 July, 2008 - 12:42am
Last updated 7 November, 2008 - 12:57pm

Moved
Moved from Assassin Bugs.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 November, 2008 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2008 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

assassin, I think
:-)
… Boris Büche, 8 July, 2008 - 3:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks--
That was my guess too. I should have looked at the sternum, but I got distracted by something living after taking this one shot.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 July, 2008 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
Looks suspiciously like a juvenile Triatoma, in fact.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 July, 2008 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Seconded...
definitely looks like a Triatoma nymph.
… drswanny, 7 November, 2008 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

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