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Strepsiptera - male
Copyright © 2009 Mike Quinn

Strepsiptera - Male
Dick Nichols District Park, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 30, 2009
At lights. Collected 20 (!!!)
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 August, 2009 - 6:09pm
Last updated 8 December, 2009 - 8:19am

Moved
Moved from Twisted-winged Insects.

Family Corioxenidae
det. Duane McKenna, 2009
based on DNA analysis
… Mike Quinn, 7 December, 2009 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

Why at lights?
Any idea why these would come to lights? Unlike typical insects they can't form a mating swarm as females are wingless. The instinct to congregate in, for example, a ray of light waiting for females is useless. (Is it only some species that have wingless females?)
… John F. Carr, 1 August, 2009 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

i'm speechless
these defy imagination
… v belov, 1 August, 2009 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

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