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Homaemus proteus
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Copyright © 2012
cindykeiser
Homaemus proteus? -
Homaemus proteus
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
September 11, 2012
This Shield-backed bug was on White Sage at Daley Ranch
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Contributed by
cindykeiser
on 11 September, 2012 - 9:15pm
Last updated 30 January, 2014 - 11:08pm
prob. Homaemus proteus --det. J.E. Eger
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v belov
, 14 September, 2012 - 7:52am
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proteus is sure a befitting name...
good guess, if you ask me --but let's wait for Dr Eger's input: these things are notoriously deceptive
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v belov
, 12 September, 2012 - 10:36am
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Thanks :)
I'm just glad I actually saw one. It's my first of this genus.
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, 12 September, 2012 - 2:36pm
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