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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Snow Scorpionflies (Boreidae) » Boreus
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Snow Scorpion. - Boreus - female
Copyright © 2009 Rick Cowen

Snow Scorpion. - Boreus - Female
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
February 22, 2009
Size: approximately 5 to 7 mm.
This one was found hopping and walking in the snow. in the same general area as some springtails I was finding.

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Snow Scorpion. - Boreus - female Snow Scorpion. - Boreus - female
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Contributed by Rick Cowen on 23 February, 2009 - 11:11pm
Last updated 20 February, 2010 - 3:31pm

I just stumbled onto a paper
I just stumbled onto a paper this afternoon about the first Boreus reported from the Black Hills, I think published last year.
… Wes Bicha, 27 December, 2019 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

Sorry I stumbled onto this 6
Sorry I stumbled onto this 6 years late. To the best of my knowledge this is the first snow scorpionfly discovered from your state. I would love to have freshly-caught specimens of this dropped alive into alcohol and sent to me for DNA analysis. We may have something new here. (Wes Bicha, 121 Old Batley Road, Oliver Springs, TN 37840)
… Wes Bicha, 5 December, 2014 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Snow Scorpionflies.
… v belov, 2 December, 2009 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

no members of the family have been reported from SD...
...according to the World Checklist!!
… v belov, 2 December, 2009 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

Snow Scorpion.
WOW, that was fast. I didnt know such a creature existed. Thanks all for the fast and friendly help.
… Rick Cowen, 23 February, 2009 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

awesome find! Snowscorpion
awesome find! Snowscorpion
… Martin Hauser, 23 February, 2009 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

Boreus
very nice! -- oh... you've figured her out already... why 'unknown' then?
… v belov, 23 February, 2009 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

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