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Pycnoglypta? - Pycnoglypta fracta
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Pycnoglypta? - Pycnoglypta fracta
Portsmouth, Prudence Island, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
October 20, 2023
Size: 2.0 mm
Thinking perhaps Pycnoglypta sp.

funnel trap, SPB lure

Specimen deposited in MFD private collection

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Contributed by Marc DiGirolomo on 31 October, 2023 - 7:57am
Last updated 5 November, 2023 - 6:18pm

Det. Margaret Thayer
Moved from Beetles.

She noted that this should be "Omalium" s.st. fracta and not Pycnoglypta.
… Marc DiGirolomo, 5 November, 2023 - 6:18pm

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