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E aestuans - Efferia aestuans - male
Copyright © 2006 Herschel Raney

E aestuans - Efferia aestuans - Male
Camp Robinson WDA, Faulkner County, Arkansas, USA
June 20, 2006
Size: 15mm
Still one of the most common Efferia in the east. In the Nerax group. These males are bright and fast. And this one has scored a photographer's dream of a leafhopper kill.

Can anyone make a call on the hopper?
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Contributed by Herschel Raney on 20 June, 2006 - 10:25pm
Last updated 8 August, 2006 - 6:20am

Tylozygus bifidus
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1437678

And you are welcome!
… William Donald Newton, 2 June, 2018 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

Ooh, neat shot!
Great image, Herschel! Andy Hamilton can probably help with the Cicadellidae victim there.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 June, 2006 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

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