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Dragonfly? - Diogmites basalis
Copyright © 2008 C. M. Finlayson

Dragonfly? - Diogmites basalis
Webster, New Hampshire, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
August 15, 2008
Can anyone ID this insect? Found on a milkweed plant 7:42 a.m.
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Contributed by C. M. Finlayson on 11 September, 2008 - 4:03pm
Last updated 3 October, 2008 - 3:56pm

Probably
The big Diogmites basalis.
… Herschel Raney, 11 September, 2008 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

a robber fly
*
… v belov, 11 September, 2008 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

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