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small white bug - Metcalfa pruinosa
Copyright © 2012 John Sankey

small white bug - Metcalfa pruinosa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
June 22, 2012
Size: 2.4 mm

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Contributed by John Sankey on 22 June, 2012 - 11:31am
Last updated 29 June, 2012 - 3:20pm

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… metrioptera, 29 June, 2012 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

Metcalfa pruinosa
A nymph without the usual wax filiaments. This is the only Flatidae found in Ottawa.
… Andy Hamilton, 25 June, 2012 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

 
many thanks, Andy
It marks another milestone in my insect quest - the 200th ID'd and photographed in my garden (http://johnsankey.ca/gardenbugs.html).
… John Sankey, 25 June, 2012 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

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