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Wheel Bug - Arilus cristatus
Copyright © 2015 John Kopecky

Wheel Bug - Arilus cristatus
WARRENTON, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
August 31, 2015
Size: 24 mm
Found tangled in a spider web. I removed it from the web and brought it inside to take pictures, then released.

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Contributed by John Kopecky on 31 August, 2015 - 4:13pm
Last updated 21 October, 2015 - 5:21pm

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