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Ice bugs - Paederus
Copyright © 2007 Steve Scott

Ice bugs - Paederus
Ppond Creek Bottoms, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
January 19, 2007
Found these at the edge of freezing flood waters. Are these two seperate species or adults and nymphs of one?
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 24 January, 2007 - 6:42am
Last updated 24 January, 2007 - 3:04pm

ice bugs
Hi Steve,

the small ones are springtails (Collembola), the pretty ones are rove beetles of the genus Paederus, the so-called whiplash beetle. Their blood is toxic, and name describes what they do to your skin if you smash them . . .

cheers, Boris
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