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Ode larva - Libellula incesta
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Ode larva - Libellula incesta
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Size: 47mm
The adult emerged in the house on 4-11-09.

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Contributed by tom murray on 12 April, 2009 - 9:24am

Food
How did you feed the larva (nymph, naiad)?
… John F. Carr, 12 April, 2009 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

 
aquatic isopods - Asellus sp.
These are abundant in the swamps, and can be found easily by scooping them out of the muck at the bottom. Even in the winter, I just had to break through the ice at the edge of the wetland.
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