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Big-Eyed Toad Bug - Gelastocoris oculatus
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Fiegle

Big-Eyed Toad Bug - Gelastocoris oculatus
Lake Monroe, Monroe County, Indiana, USA
October 5, 2011
I discovered several of these fellows while walking along the lakefront looking for rocks and fossils. Amazing color variation - they were really hard to spot unless they moved :)
Contributed by Kelly Fiegle on 8 October, 2011 - 5:38am
Last updated 28 December, 2012 - 1:28am

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