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Lygaeiod - Cryphula nitens
Copyright © 2010 Eric R. Eaton

Lygaeiod - Cryphula nitens
Garden Canyon, Ft. Huachuca military base, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
April 17, 2010
Size: ~5 mm
Observed on a downed sycamore.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 21 April, 2010 - 4:40pm
Last updated 16 December, 2010 - 11:51am

Merrill Sweet: "Looks like Cryphula nitens Barber. Good bug!"
[you see, Eric, how fast it works... thank you so much for this one -- wouldn't mind more and clearer pix of it one bit! =v=]

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 21 April, 2010 - 6:41pm

may well turn out a nice rhyp
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… v belov, 21 April, 2010 - 4:41pm

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