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Metapelma spectabile
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Copyright © 2021
Tyler Hedlund
Neat parasitoid -
Metapelma spectabile
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Lake of the Woods FP, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
June 21, 2021
Size: 5mm
Bycatch in EAB parasitoid monitoring yellow pan traps. Trap was running from 16-28 June.
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Contributed by
Tyler Hedlund
on 15 November, 2021 - 8:13pm
Last updated 21 November, 2021 - 11:23am
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Tyler Hedlund
, 16 November, 2021 - 8:15am
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Looks like...
Please update the size field, whenever you know the exact size of your bugs.
Please check the specimen for an ovipositor, since we cannot see that area clearly enough in your image. (= ♂?) Those hind-legs are telling us something.
Metapelma spectabile
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Bob Biagi
, 16 November, 2021 - 6:14am
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Awesome!
Thanks for the ID help, Bob! I figured those legs had to be a giveaway, but I wasn't really sure what family to even put it in. Yes, I'll get a measurement on this and others once I get home. I've got a new photo setup since starting my new job (not nearly as fancy as the previous one, sadly), so I'm still getting used to a new process (pic taken on phone, emailed to self, eventually uploaded to BG, etc...gotta be a better way). And you're correct, this is a male, so I just updated that.
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Tyler Hedlund
, 16 November, 2021 - 8:14am
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