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Colorful bug - Lygaeus kalmii
Copyright © 2018 ctiernan

Colorful bug - Lygaeus kalmii
Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming, USA
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Contributed by ctiernan on 18 June, 2018 - 9:47am
Last updated 18 June, 2018 - 2:10pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jason D. Roberts, 18 June, 2018 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

Please click on "edit" under each of your images...
...and add the sighting date to the Date field.

Thanks!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 June, 2018 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

 
Ok, sorry, I thought it was b
Ok, sorry, I thought it was better not to if they were found indoors, but I will from now on, thanks.
… ctiernan, 20 June, 2018 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
As long as it turned up there naturally...
...it's not a problem. It would be a different story if (for example) you brought some cocoons into the house and the insects emerged in the middle of winter because of the artificial heat.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 June, 2018 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Gotcha, thanks!
Gotcha, thanks!
… ctiernan, 21 June, 2018 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

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