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Photo#15538
Copyright © 2005
thangfish
Ants? Spiders? something else? -
Arilus cristatus
Near Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
April 18, 2005
Size: approx .125" or smaller
Contributed by
thangfish
on 23 April, 2005 - 7:57pm
Last updated 12 July, 2007 - 9:59am
Moved
Moved from
Wheel Bug
.
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john and jane balaban
, 12 July, 2007 - 10:00am
Photo
Pretty neat!
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Lynette Elliott
, 23 April, 2005 - 8:34pm
Wow, very cool! Sorry no idea
Wow, very cool! Sorry no idea :-( but where did you find them? They LOOK like ants...
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bugguy91
, 23 April, 2005 - 9:06pm
Baby Wheel Bugs?
The area between the slightly diagonal, horizontal black line at the top of the picture and the similar one running off the bottom of this shot is the bottom edge of a 1x6 fascia board on the eve of my house. Actual thickness of board is .75"
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thangfish
, 24 April, 2005 - 6:12am