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Beetle in Smoky Mtns - Gathering_2008 - Meracantha contracta
Copyright © 2008 Wisconsin Oecanthinancy

Beetle in Smoky Mtns - Gathering_2008 - Meracantha contracta
Greenbrier area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
August 10, 2008
Size: 1 cm +/-
Found on the ground near a creek. Found during gathering_2008

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Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 15 August, 2008 - 8:30pm
Last updated 26 August, 2008 - 6:26pm

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… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 16 August, 2008 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

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Hi Nancy, don't forget to put "gathering_2008" into your bug images from the trip, so I can pull them up in a search. It'll help me compile the species lists for UT and the park. Thanks!
… Mike Boone, 16 August, 2008 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, thought putting it in the Identifier...
...field would work. I'll start editing!
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 16 August, 2008 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

 
I looked at your identifier
it says Gathering 2008 - not quite the same thing. I'm sure gathering_2008 would work there. Identifiers definitely show up in the search, though as Mike says, there might be a delay.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 26 August, 2008 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Hannah
I'm still going through the rest of my photos too :)
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 26 August, 2008 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Identifier
I'm not sure how the search uses the identifier, but I searched gathering_2008 and didn't see your images, so apparently it doesn't work, or at least it's not consistent. Even after you do update the tag, it might take a while for them to show up in the search...I think the search index is only updated periodically.
… Mike Boone, 16 August, 2008 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

teneb
Meracantha contracta. See here.
… Jeff Gruber, 15 August, 2008 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

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