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Bug with a pink neck - Pyractomena borealis
Copyright © 2009 Harvey Schmidt

Bug with a pink neck - Pyractomena borealis
Creighton, Northern, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 27, 2009
Size: 3/8 - 1/2 inch

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Contributed by Harvey Schmidt on 28 June, 2009 - 11:59am
Last updated 20 July, 2009 - 4:32pm

looks like a pyract to me but
looks like a pyract to me but needs to be keyed. It doesn't have the strong apical pronotal angle which quickly distinguishes pyract pictures from pictures of other lamps. Keying requires seeing aedeagus and pubescence.
… joeCicero, 21 July, 2009 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pyractomena.
… v belov, 20 July, 2009 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

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