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Vigilant Tumblebug - Canthon vigilans
Copyright © 2003 Cotinis

Vigilant Tumblebug - Canthon vigilans
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 9, 2003
Size: 18 mm
This is a detail of the head and, especially, eye, of an individual already posted. According to the key in Harpootlian (1) and figs. 13-14 of that reference, the larger eye here shows this to be Canthon vigilans, differentiating it from C. pilularis (=C. laevis). Length of this specimen was circa 18-19 mm. Anybody with better information, please correct me if I am wrong!

Compare with the eyes of what I think is another Canthon vigilans:


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Contributed by Cotinis on 15 August, 2004 - 12:32pm
Last updated 2 February, 2006 - 4:55am

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