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Bug found in a mud puddle - Triops
Copyright © 2012 Gojacko77

Bug found in a mud puddle - Triops
Columbus, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
July 19, 2012
Size: 2 inches
Little animal that was swimming in a puddle along with some other clam like creatures not photographed. The clams looked like younger generations of this photographed creature. Mud puddle near a grazing pasture.
Contributed by Gojacko77 on 20 July, 2012 - 1:41pm
Last updated 21 July, 2012 - 11:48am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 21 July, 2012 - 8:36am

Triops, I suspect
… metrioptera, 20 July, 2012 - 1:43pm

 
Definitely a Triops. Very coo
Definitely a Triops. Very cool.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 21 July, 2012 - 8:04am

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