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Flat bark bug

Family Phloeidae, Phloea sp.

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Description:

I've been following a colony of flat bark bugs for several months now (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/308766021), and last week I could see them molting.

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Comments (1)
MartinL
That is very interesting Sergio. What a boring life, just sitting there. Not you! I mean the bugs :) They might as well be a plant.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2015

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