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Photo#478109
Flat bug - Mezira pacifica
Copyright © 2010 Phil Huntley-Franck

Flat bug - Mezira pacifica

Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
July 10, 2010
Found in grass beside dead white oak.
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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 8 December, 2010 - 10:19pm
Last updated 25 December, 2013 - 9:49pm

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Moved tentatively
Moved from Mezira.
… v belov, 25 December, 2013 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

=o
since when those prefer blades of grass to good old dead stuff? must be under influ.
… v belov, 8 December, 2010 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

 
I've been finding a number of these each year, usually (I assume) looking for fungus under the dead oak tree's bark. I think this one went for a stroll, seeing what the rest of the neighborhood looks like - the remnant of the huge stump (4+ feet in diameter) is only about two feet away.
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 8 December, 2010 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

 
oh... a constitutional
it's good to keep home in sight... or in smell
… v belov, 8 December, 2010 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

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