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Just Hatched - Romalea microptera
Copyright © 2006 Sharon

Just Hatched - Romalea microptera
Lake County, Florida, USA
April 7, 2005
Just hatched Eastern Lubbers -
We get LOTs of them every year. They start out very red then after a couple of days show more black. These are probably about 2 days old.
As they are young they cluster together on pointy plants - like my daylilies (darn it!)
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Contributed by Sharon on 22 February, 2006 - 8:50am
Last updated 18 December, 2008 - 5:48pm

Amazing!
Just had to say what an amazing photo this is! Great job!
… Christopher C Wirth, 22 February, 2006 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

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