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Spittle Bug - Clastoptera proteus
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Spittle Bug - Clastoptera proteus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 26, 2005
Size: 3mm
This one is really difficult to tell which end is the head, with those false eyes on the posterior.

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Contributed by tom murray on 27 August, 2005 - 9:51pm
Last updated 31 August, 2005 - 1:12pm

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