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Coreids - Spartocera batatas
Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann

Coreids - Spartocera batatas
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
January 12, 2006

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Contributed by Sean McCann on 13 January, 2006 - 1:02pm

Spartocera batatas.
This is the "giant sweet potato bug," Spartocera batatas. I will create a guide page for your fine images, Sean. I should add that this is yet another exotic, introduced species, first detected in Florida in 1996. This might represent a new record?
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 January, 2006 - 1:42pm

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