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Hellgramite?
Copyright © 2009 Jomegat

Hellgramite?
Northfield, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
July 30, 2009
Size: 5cm
I first saw this a couple of days ago in a tub full of water near our catchment pond. (My daughter uses the tub as a temporary frog incarceration facility.) At the time I thought it was a dead grasshopper, and didn't give it a second thought. Then yesterday I noticed it swimming. It. Is. Alive. I captured it with daughter's bug net and took this shot. Methinks it be a hellgramite. Confirm? Species?
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Contributed by Jomegat on 31 July, 2009 - 11:01am
Last updated 1 September, 2009 - 12:59pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Schneider, 1 September, 2009 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

Darner nymph.
Member of the Aeshnidae family...."temporary frog incarceration facility." I thought President Obama closed all those...:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 July, 2009 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Not yet! He's still working
Not yet! He's still working on it! Thanks for the id.
… Jomegat, 31 July, 2009 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Dragonfly nymph
We don't know enough to give you species, but someone here may be able to give you family.
… john and jane balaban, 31 July, 2009 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! If nothing else, I a
Thanks! If nothing else, I am delighted to know it's not a hellgramite!
… Jomegat, 31 July, 2009 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

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