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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies (Mecoptera) » Snow Scorpionflies (Boreidae) » Boreus » Snow-born Boreus (Boreus nivoriundus)
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Snow-born Boreus - male - Boreus nivoriundus - male
Copyright © 2014 Jimmy Dee

Snow-born Boreus - male - Boreus nivoriundus - Male
New England Settlement, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada
April 7, 2014
Size: 4 mm
This was ID'd by Dr. Anthony W. Thomas on our local New Brunswick nature site. Found hopping around on snow, 100% sun, 12 C degrees. Not the greatest of images but can see the black colour joints on yellow legs, cinnamon wings, brown rostrum with black tip.
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Contributed by Jimmy Dee on 8 April, 2014 - 9:43am

Correct determination based o
Correct determination based on the thorax setae.
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