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Please Tell Me What This Is. Thanks! - Megischus bicolor - female
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Please Tell Me What This Is. Thanks! - Megischus bicolor - Female
Weehawken , New Jersey, USA
July 4, 2013
Size: Maybe about 1 inch
Found on the railing along Boulevard East right besides the Hudson River shortly before the fireworks. It flew away before I could snap another picture.
Contributed by Mealworm on 5 July, 2013 - 7:01pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 July, 2013 - 7:12pm

Megischus bicolor…
A female. Nice catch.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 5 July, 2013 - 7:07pm

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