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Mecas confusa? - Dectes sayi
Copyright © 2020 Violet K

Mecas confusa? - Dectes sayi
Deer park, Illinois, USA
July 1, 2020
Size: 1 cm long
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Contributed by Violet K on 18 September, 2020 - 6:14pm
Last updated 28 September, 2020 - 10:39am

Dectes sayi
The characters separating Dectes sayi from Dectes texanus are visible in these images. D. sayi has the second antennomere longer than wide (about as long as wide in texanus and the third antennomere with most of the ventral side covered in pale pubescence (only basal half pale in texanus).
… Robert Androw, 19 September, 2020 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dectes.
… Robert Androw, 19 September, 2020 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

Lots of recent uncropped images
Please crop your images to a rectangle that is essentially 'just the bug'. While you, as the contributor, can click on this image and see the full size 2600 pixel image you uploaded, the rest of us are restricted to this 560 pixel reduction which is close to 90% unhelpful leaf. A crop of this will allow us to see much more detail and help with the ID. And uncropped images usually end up in frass which annoys everyone. Just click on Edit here and replace this image with the cropped one. And you need to do that on many of your recent posts.
… john and jane balaban, 18 September, 2020 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Working on cropping
Sorry about that, I’m working on cropping the pictures in question. Hope it helps!
… Violet K, 28 September, 2020 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

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