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Crawling Water Beetle Larva - Peltodytes
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Crawling Water Beetle Larva - Peltodytes
Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
May 28, 2009
Size: 5 mm (w/o spines)

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Contributed by Catfish on 28 May, 2009 - 3:17pm
Last updated 2 February, 2013 - 11:01pm

Neat..
On first glance it looks like a House Centipede--Scutigera. Also looks like those weird spiny trilobites that Italian craftsmen are able to prep out of Morrocan matrix.
… Harry Zirlin, 28 May, 2009 - 3:51pm

 
It reminds me of some of thos
It reminds me of some of those Burgess Shale bugs. (I bet if you showed one of these to one of those craftsmen, he'd be able to "prep" it out of Moroccan matrix as well.) -- Dave
… Catfish, 28 May, 2009 - 4:40pm

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