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Ceresa tauriniformis - Stictocephala tauriniformis
Copyright © 2005 David Bree

Ceresa tauriniformis - Stictocephala tauriniformis
Petroglyphs Prov. Park near Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
August 26, 2004
Size: 6-7mm
ID thanks to Andy Hamilton.

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Contributed by David Bree on 1 March, 2005 - 11:31am
Last updated 7 March, 2005 - 9:41am

Ceresa tauriniformis
The dark back is distinctive in the northern fauna. A similarly coloured species, C. stimulans, occurs in the southern states; it has longer "horns".
… Andy Hamilton, 7 March, 2005 - 7:44am

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