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Platyvelia brachialis
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Bedd1981
Some type of water bug I’m guessing -
Platyvelia brachialis
Jennins, Jeff Davis Parish, Louisiana, USA
September 24, 2022
Found n middle of day on a semi submerged dock in a private pond
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Contributed by
Bedd1981
on 24 September, 2022 - 3:20pm
Last updated 12 November, 2022 - 8:40am
Moved
Moved from
Smaller Water Striders
.
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Matthew Pintar
, 12 November, 2022 - 8:40am
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Moved for expert attention
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Thinking
Platyvelia brachialis
based on
this iNat observation
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 24 September, 2022 - 4:30pm
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Agree
That’s sure looks like it. I tried 5 different pictures of them cropping them and every and INat wasn’t even coming close it keep show ants. I think the little white speck of styrofoam from the floating dock was throwing it off. I think the app was thinking they were eggs
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Bedd1981
, 25 September, 2022 - 7:32am
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