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Phantom Crane - Bittacomorpha clavipes
Copyright © 2010 Erick Adams

Phantom Crane - Bittacomorpha clavipes
Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine, USA
July 3, 2010
Size: 20mm
Flying Mountain Trail heading north after Valley Cove, in the swampy flat before the ascent to Acadia Mountain begins.

This was hanging onto an arborvitae Thuja occidentalis as well as a few
strands of structural spider silk that were in the tree.

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Contributed by Erick Adams on 9 July, 2010 - 9:59pm
Last updated 8 January, 2013 - 8:20pm

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