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Is this even a bug? - Triops longicaudatus
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Is this even a bug? - Triops longicaudatus
Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
July 29, 2021
Size: 1 inch

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Is this even a bug? - Triops longicaudatus Is this even a bug? - Triops longicaudatus Is this even a bug? - Triops longicaudatus
Contributed by starwolf27 on 29 July, 2021 - 10:54pm
Last updated 27 January, 2023 - 1:32am

Moved
Moved from Triops.
… Hisserdude, 27 January, 2023 - 1:32am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 30 July, 2021 - 9:47am

Ignorant comment/observation
Never saw anything like this before.
But looks like a miniscule Horseshoe Crab.
Will be interesting to see this identified!
… Bob OBrien, 30 July, 2021 - 12:53am

 
Maybe a copepod? https://e
Maybe a copepod?

https://eol.org/pages/2625033
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 30 July, 2021 - 9:31am

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