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Ectobius sylvestris - male
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Ectobius sylvestris - Male
Cornell Campus, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA
June 19, 2016
Swept from tall grass. Pretty sure this is E. lapponicus, but I have found E. pallidus in this area before and not quite sure how to tell them apart.
Contributed by metrioptera on 23 June, 2016 - 6:54am
Last updated 1 January, 2017 - 1:30pm

Moved
Moved from Dusky Cockroach.
… Alan Jeon, 1 January, 2017 - 1:27pm

Moved, E.lapponicus male...
E.pallidus males are much lighter and don't have the dark spot on their pronotum, as you can see in this picture:


Moved from Cockroaches and Termites.
… Hisserdude, 23 June, 2016 - 5:04pm

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