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Rhagionidae - pupa - Chrysopilus thoracicus - male
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Rhagionidae - pupa - Chrysopilus thoracicus - Male
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
May 11, 2011
Size: 14mm (curved)
Collected larva in soil (while pulling garlic mustard) 2-May-2011
Completely forgot about it until 11-May-2011, and then it was a pupa
Adult emerged 27-May-2011

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 30 May, 2011 - 9:20pm

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