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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Snow Scorpionflies (Boreidae) » Boreus » Snow-born Boreus (Boreus nivoriundus)

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Copyright © 2015 Ben Coulter

Boreus nivoriundus -

Irwin Run, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
February 9, 2015
Size: 3 mm (approx.)

At one point it crawled into a crevice in ice crust on snow and sat motionless.

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Contributed by Ben Coulter on 9 February, 2015 - 8:14pm

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