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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Webspinners (Embiidina) » Oligotomidae » Oligotoma » Black Webspinner (Oligotoma nigra)
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Male Black Webspinner? - Oligotoma nigra
Copyright © 2011 echan

Male Black Webspinner? - Oligotoma nigra
San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
October 23, 2011
Using http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/Embiidina/Embiopteran.htm as reference:

The wing pattern is almost completely identical (albeit mirrored), the antennae are serrate(?), the limbs look the same, it has similar mandibles, and it has the same style of tail.

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Male Black Webspinner? - Oligotoma nigra Male Black Webspinner? - Oligotoma nigra Male Black Webspinner? - Oligotoma nigra
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Contributed by echan on 13 November, 2011 - 3:38pm
Last updated 11 April, 2018 - 10:28am

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Moved from Webspinners.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 April, 2018 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Maybe someone will notice these here.

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