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Cercyon mendax
Photo#252689
Copyright © 2009
Tim Moyer
Cercyon mendax
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
June 7, 2008
Size: 2.4mm
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Contributed by
Tim Moyer
on 9 February, 2009 - 9:38pm
I think
you must be way behind on your species count, Tim. I check it periodically and your number doesn't seem to budge :-)
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Jim McClarin
, 22 February, 2009 - 10:10pm
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soon . . .
I already had this species previously so this post wouldn't have moved the counter. But I really only tend to update the count upon hitting "major milestones". That said, I should post up #350 sometime in the next few days, and that
will
result in a list update. But most of all, thanks for asking and thanks for checking! :)
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Tim Moyer
, 22 February, 2009 - 11:35pm
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I keep a personal family count
and I rush to update that number before the ink is dry on the ID on my computer screen. Then I move the critter to it's correct taxon and thank Belov or whoever determined the ID. Kinda like a gunfighter whippin' his blade out to notch his pistol grip while his victim is still twitchin'!
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Jim McClarin
, 23 February, 2009 - 6:29am
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