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Embioptera male subadult on pomegranate - Oligotoma nigra - male
Copyright © 2005 Devin Carroll

Embioptera male subadult on pomegranate - Oligotoma nigra - Male
Mendota, Fresno County, California, USA
May 9, 2005
Found under bark on pomegranate with web.
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Contributed by Devin Carroll on 29 September, 2006 - 10:00pm
Last updated 1 January, 2009 - 12:01am

juvenile embioptera male
This is a subadult male, not a female. Note the large wingpads. The nymph is probably in the last instar before imago.
… Torfinn Ørmen, 31 December, 2008 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
For the correction
… Chuck Entz, 31 December, 2008 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Webspinners.

Our first confirmed image of a female.
… Chuck Entz, 20 January, 2007 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

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