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Clastoptera - Clastoptera proteus
Copyright © 2006 Claude Pilon

Clastoptera - Clastoptera proteus
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
June 24, 2006
The 3 pictures are of the same insect, found on a dogwood bush. All the time I was taking pictures (2-3 minutes) the tip of its back was moving up and down. At the end, I safely returned the insect back to its bubbles.

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Contributed by Claude Pilon on 21 September, 2006 - 8:16am
Last updated 2 October, 2006 - 4:37pm

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… Claude Pilon, 2 October, 2006 - 4:37pm

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