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Photo#929359
Copyright © 2014
Rick Nirschl
eggs? -
Lethocerus
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
May 31, 2014
Size: 3 mm
This mass of eggs? measured about 1 inch. Each one was about 3 mm. They were on a piece of wood about 10 inches above the surface of the shallow water. Location was Irwin Prairie, a fen.
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Contributed by
Rick Nirschl
on 31 May, 2014 - 7:24pm
Last updated 4 June, 2014 - 8:20am
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A bit different from the other examples in the guide, but I don't see how they could be anything but
Lethocerus
eggs.
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Charley Eiseman
, 4 June, 2014 - 8:20am
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Moved for expert attention
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Assuming that these are, indeed, eggs. Charley will let us know.
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 3 June, 2014 - 9:36pm
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Wow!
Very cool !
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Cathy Wilson
, 3 June, 2014 - 9:16pm
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