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water bug - Neoplea striola
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

water bug - Neoplea striola
Assabet River NWR, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 27, 2006
Size: 2.5mm
Caught at the edge of a large swamp and photographed in a small contained with water.
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 April, 2006 - 10:43pm
Last updated 28 April, 2006 - 3:48pm

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