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Contracted Datana - Datana
Copyright © 2008 Rich Kelly

Contracted Datana - Datana
Edgewood Preserve, Suffolk County, New York, USA
September 13, 2008
Size: 25 mm +/-
On oak in oak brush plains habitat. Wondering if this is Datana contracta or something close to it.
Contributed by Rich Kelly on 14 September, 2008 - 1:33pm
Last updated 16 September, 2008 - 12:48pm

Looks like Datana
I just posted photos of the same species on Scrub Oak in Rhode Island. I ID'd as D. contracta.
… Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur, 14 September, 2008 - 2:08pm

 
Thanks for your help. I'll g
Thanks for your help. I'll go with your confident ID on this one.
… Rich Kelly, 16 September, 2008 - 12:40pm

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