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Photo#47347
Copyright © 2006
dee
black head and thorax, red abdomen, yellow antenna -
Arilus cristatus
Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
April 9, 2006
Size: about 1/4 inch
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Contributed by
dee
on 10 April, 2006 - 1:00am
Last updated 12 July, 2007 - 9:59am
Moved
Moved from
Wheel Bug
.
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john and jane balaban
, 12 July, 2007 - 10:00am
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It looks like
the "nest" is the mass of eggs they hatched from.
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Chuck Entz
, 10 April, 2006 - 5:56am
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wheel bug nymphs
Compare with these:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/454/bgimage
Specifically this one:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3507/bgimage
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Joyce Gross
, 10 April, 2006 - 4:23am
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