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Dendroleon obsoletus Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA August 15, 2006 Size: 25 mm
One from North Carolina. Posed. Length head to tip of abdomen was 25 mm, to wingtips, 33 mm. This antlion adult was flying around inside my kitchen at breakfast-time, quite the surprise. It must have come in at night as I was going in and out looking at moths on the porch. I captured it by hand, and chilled it, since I had to go to work. It did not do well, and perhaps was injured during capture. It expired during the photo session and I was able to pose it in a life-like posture. This was handy for doing some extreme close-ups.
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Contributed by Cotinis on 16 August, 2006 - 12:08pm |