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Beetle 06.02.2009 068 - Trichodesma gibbosa
Copyright © 2009 Jerry Armstrong

Beetle 06.02.2009 068 - Trichodesma gibbosa
Moccasin Lake, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
June 2, 2009
Size: ~6mm estimated
Attracted to light. Is this some sort of fungus on this beetle?

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Contributed by Jerry Armstrong on 2 June, 2009 - 11:39pm

Trichodesma gibbosa
no fungus: a cashmere sweater, rather. one of these came to my porch light minuted ago.

Moved from Beetles.
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