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Pennsylvania True Bug for ID - Melanolestes picipes
Copyright © 2020 Jim Eckert

Pennsylvania True Bug for ID - Melanolestes picipes
Pine Swamp Road, Kempton, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 3, 2020
Size: 15 mm length
On sheet with UV black light.

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Contributed by Jim Eckert on 6 May, 2020 - 10:47am
Last updated 5 March, 2021 - 8:25pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 May, 2020 - 1:00pm

 
Black Corsair
Thanks Ken for your help on this one and many others.
… Jim Eckert, 6 May, 2020 - 3:19pm

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