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small winter stonefly sp. - Allocapnia
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small winter stonefly sp. - Allocapnia
Pachaug State Forest, Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut, USA
January 27, 2019
Size: 4mm
In the moss at the base of a tree trunk, 25 yards from a brook. Smaller than a grain of rice and not distinguishable by eye, only located by its motion. Closest resemblance appears to be a. pygmaea by wing venation.

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Contributed by Brian Williams on 28 January, 2019 - 7:01pm

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