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Orussid - Orussus occidentalis
Copyright © 2014 Eric R. Eaton

Orussid - Orussus occidentalis
Chico Basin Ranch, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
April 21, 2014
Size: ~10 mm
Three or four specimens were running around on an enormous old cottonwood log in a riparian area and windbreak at the ranch (which stretches across both El Paso and Pueblo Counties). Most of the habitat is heavily degraded shortgrass prairie.

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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 22 April, 2014 - 8:46pm

Orussidae
ok for Orussus occidentalis (Cresson)
… Dave Smith, 23 April, 2014 - 5:22pm

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