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Ptecticus trivittatus - mated pair - Ptecticus trivittatus - male - female
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Ptecticus trivittatus - mated pair - Ptecticus trivittatus - Male Female
Suffern yard, Rockland County, New York, USA
August 26, 2013
Size: ~ 12 mm
From the same wood chip pile as the day before:

Catchlights in the eyes are a flash artifact. That aside, all of my images of this pair show a striking color difference in the eyes between male and female. Other BG images of mated pairs do not show this.

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Ptecticus trivittatus - mated pair - Ptecticus trivittatus - male - female Ptecticus trivittatus - mated pair - Ptecticus trivittatus - male - female
Contributed by John Lampkin on 27 August, 2013 - 6:57am

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