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Ochteridae - Ochterus banksi -

Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 11, 2014

I found 4 of these bugs by splashing water on the muddy bank at the edge of a beaver pond. They would start walking up the bank away from the water, and only one of the 4 hopped 6 inches trying to get away.
mounted specimen from the same series:

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Contributed by tom murray on 12 July, 2014 - 1:32pm
Last updated 16 July, 2014 - 6:04pm

Moved

Moved from Ochterus.
Chris, thyanks for the species id, it turned out to be a new one for the guide!

… tom murray, 16 July, 2014 - 4:38pm

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No problem, glad to have helped!

By the way, I was taking a look at your other pictures of ochterids from previous years. They were added to the Ochterus americanus species page, but on a few of them I can sort of make out that pronotal lobe feature that identifies O. banksi. You might want to consider moving those pictures out of O. americanus and into the genus page since I can't quite verify from the pictures. I suspect those other pictures are O. banksi though since the ones you sent me this year are from that same spot in your yard that you've photographed them in previous years.

… CT, 16 July, 2014 - 8:37pm

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These were from a different wetland in Groton

The first couple I posted were identified from specimens by Don Chandler at UNH, so I don't think they should be moved. In all I've found these bugs in 4 different locations in Groton.

… tom murray, 16 July, 2014 - 8:50pm

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Ah never mind then, go with t

Ah never mind then, go with the expert not the graduate student! What a treat to have the two species in the same area, very cool.

… CT, 16 July, 2014 - 9:25pm

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Ochterus banksi

Photograph of the specimen (before it was sent to me) that was identified as Ochterus banksi. Should be moved to the new species page and linked with my photographs of the point mounted specimen.

… CT, 16 July, 2014 - 2:19pm

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