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Photo by AndreaGlover
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35.3354, -90.0652

Field Notes

Description:

Tiny crawling insect that looks like a speck of dirt or lint. Looks like it has horns.

Habitat:

Meeman Shelbi State Park in TN.

Species ID Suggestions

Green lacewing larva

Family Chrysopidae

Reference Link
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Comments (2)
Aaron_G
Oh, and welcome to Project Noah! Your first spotting is a wonderful one.
Aaron_G
As the link points out, Leucochrysa is a genus that is known to carry trash on its back, but I'm sure there are several other genera that do it as well. That's why I stopped at the family level. Great spotting!
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PublishedJune 9, 2012

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