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Hypotrichia spissipes female - Hypotrichia spissipes - female
Copyright © 2009 David Almquist

Hypotrichia spissipes female - Hypotrichia spissipes - Female
Withlacoochee State Forest, Hernando County, Florida, USA
May 14, 2009
Paul Skelley was kind enough to get this specimen to me for live photos. I'm not sure whether the date is exact, but it's very close. This specimen was caught in sandhill habitat during a rainstorm after Paul followed flying males to her. (The males fly during summer rains in peninsular FL, but the females are either flightless or very reluctant to fly.) Very few females have ever been found.

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Contributed by David Almquist on 19 May, 2009 - 9:15pm

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