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Amherst Microcoryphian - Pedetontus saltator
Copyright © 2020 Joshua Stuart Rose

Amherst Microcoryphian - Pedetontus saltator
Amethyst Brook Conservation Area vicinity, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
September 17, 2020
After living here for over 10 years without seeing any of these, I had two observations 8 days apart. So, am guessing that both were the same individual. Definitely not Trigoniophthalmus, based on the lateral ocelli shape; nor Petrobius, based on the inland location and very non-coastal habitat. That leaves only one species which has been documented from MA to date, so am going with that.

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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 24 October, 2020 - 10:37pm

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