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Bug - Melanolestes picipes - female
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Bug - Melanolestes picipes - Female
Deane, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
April 19, 2014
Size: 15mm
Found under a piece of wood.

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Bug - Melanolestes picipes - female Bug - Melanolestes picipes - female
Contributed by Lisa I. on 19 April, 2014 - 8:28pm
Last updated 7 March, 2018 - 12:20pm

Melanolestes picipes (Herrich-Schaeffer)
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Lisa.
… Brad Barnd, 23 May, 2014 - 1:46am

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 19 April, 2014 - 9:41pm

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