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Chrysopilus - Chrysopilus quadratus
Copyright © 2006 Stephen Cresswell

Chrysopilus - Chrysopilus quadratus
Near Rualdale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
July 29, 2006
A fellow photographer from Finland commented that if the picture was European, he would call it genus Chrysopilus. Is that what this is? Posting three pics.

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Chrysopilus - Chrysopilus quadratus Chrysopilus - Chrysopilus quadratus Chrysopilus - Chrysopilus quadratus - female
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Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 31 July, 2006 - 12:08pm
Last updated 12 January, 2007 - 5:37am

Sex?
This must be a female, I think.
… Beatriz Moisset, 18 September, 2007 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

 
Good
Good point, I'm ticking the female checkbox.
… Stephen Cresswell, 18 September, 2007 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chrysopilus.
… Stephen Cresswell, 12 January, 2007 - 5:37am login or register to post comments

Removed
Comment removed. I had suggested a species that I then discovered was not Nearctic.
… Stephen Cresswell, 4 August, 2006 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

Yes
It is Chrysopilus; a cosmopolitan genus.
… PeterKerr, 31 July, 2006 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Chrysopilus quadratus
This is C. quadratus
… Norm Woodley, 8 January, 2007 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the species ID, Norm!
… Stephen Cresswell, 12 January, 2007 - 5:40am login or register to post comments

 
Moved
to genus page.
… Chuck Entz, 1 August, 2006 - 2:40am login or register to post comments

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