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Spectralia gracilipes
Photo#730440
Copyright © 2012
Wendy Guler
Black and Grey Bug -
Spectralia gracilipes
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA
June 13, 2011
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Wendy Guler
on 13 December, 2012 - 6:27pm
Last updated 20 December, 2012 - 10:47am
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Richard L. Westcott
, 20 December, 2012 - 10:47am
flipped for the guide; nice one -- suspect Spectralia gracilipes
will ask Dr Wescott to check it out, i'm not a bup expert.
thank you so much for correcting the data!
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v belov
, 13 December, 2012 - 7:39pm
Add'l photos
I have more photos of the same individual -- would that help? Do I just post those in ID Request as well?
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Wendy Guler
, 13 December, 2012 - 9:26pm
please add those, by all means
proceed by clicking the 'add image' link under this photo -- this way the additional images will be automatically linked to this one.
love your pics.
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v belov
, 14 December, 2012 - 11:30am
Beetle, I want to say maybe a
Beetle, I want to say maybe a buprestid, but definitely wait some someone who knows more about beetles.
Looks similar to this, for example, although I don't think it's the same species:
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Melissa Barton
, 13 December, 2012 - 6:46pm