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Bug head detail - Microporus nigrita
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Bug head detail - Microporus nigrita
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 21, 2008
Size: 5mm
What are the red things on the side of the head? Eyes?

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 21 May, 2008 - 6:55pm
Last updated 5 April, 2012 - 9:54pm

Moved
Moved from Melanaethus robustus.
… Brad Barnd, 5 April, 2012 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Microporus obliquus.
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