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Leptoglossus clypealis
Copyright © 2006 Joyce Gross

Leptoglossus clypealis
Palm Canyon campground, Anza-Borrego Desert, San Diego County, California, USA
February 3, 2006
Note the spine extending forward from the tip of its nose (the tylus). This is distinctive for Leptoglossus clypealis.
See this site http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~sjtaylor/coreidae/Leptoglossus_clypealis.html for more information.

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 18 February, 2006 - 7:03pm
Last updated 15 November, 2007 - 9:07am

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