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Egg? Parasite? - Euthochtha galeator
Copyright © 2018 Karen Campbell

Egg? Parasite? - Euthochtha galeator
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 19, 2012
This white mass is on Acanthocephala femorata. I had dismissed it, but just found an almost identical mass in the same location over the hind femur, on another specimen 11 days later in the prior year.
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Contributed by Karen Campbell on 11 February, 2018 - 3:05pm
Last updated 14 May, 2018 - 6:53pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 May, 2018 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

Not A. femorata in PA
Looks like a male Euthochtha galeator. Males have a cream colored flap on the side of the thorax. Here's another:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 February, 2018 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm wrong again
Thanks for the education. I have misidentified a subset of E. galeator for some time. The flap is fascinating.
… Karen Campbell, 12 February, 2018 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

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