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Bat Bug - Cimex pilosellus - Cimex pilosellus
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Bat Bug - Cimex pilosellus - Cimex pilosellus
Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho, USA
May 26, 2021
Collected on rug in residence. A few other specimens encountered at roughly the same time. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.

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Contributed by Paul Castrovillo on 3 June, 2021 - 4:56pm

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