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Merothripidae - Merothrips floridensis
Copyright © 2014 Pierre-Marc Brousseau

Merothripidae - Merothrips floridensis

Mont St-Hilaire, Montérégie County, Quebec, Canada
August 30, 2012

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Contributed by Pierre-Marc Brousseau on 4 October, 2014 - 3:38pm
Last updated 9 July, 2015 - 9:58pm

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Moved
Moved from Merothrips.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 July, 2015 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively: Merothrips is the only genus recorded in NA
...and the only one globally known to occur outside the tropics

Moved from Merothripidae.
… v belov, 1 December, 2014 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Merothrips floridensis
I've got it identified by a specialist (Eric Maw) at the Canadian National Collection in Ottawa.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 9 July, 2015 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Thrips.

Page created in response to this forum request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 October, 2014 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Is it me?
Or does that resemble a Cat-faced Pagan Goddess who is holding her antennae with two of her six legs?
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 25 October, 2014 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting...
Now that you mention that... (10 years later) I see what you mean
… Christian Jacobs, 13 August, 2024 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

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