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Billbug - Sphenophorus australis
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Billbug - Sphenophorus australis
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 6, 2006
Size: 13mm
Found under a rock at the edge of a marsh. Can this billbug be identified further?
Contributed by tom murray on 6 April, 2006 - 9:43pm
Last updated 30 July, 2016 - 7:30pm

Thanks Emile
It's a pretty good match with this picture.
… tom murray, 25 April, 2008 - 10:11pm

 
You're welcome, Tom.
I love your stunningly beautiful photography.
… Emile, 26 April, 2008 - 3:47pm

Looks like Sphenophorus australis australis
Distribution: most of U.S., including most of MA.
… Emile, 21 April, 2008 - 9:44pm

 
ID confirmed by Charles O'Brien
Sphenophorus australis Chittenden
… v belov, 23 May, 2009 - 8:13am

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