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Spotting

Description:

Spotted near the Florida Everglades...anybody know what kind of a bug this is?

Habitat:

Florida wetlands

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2 Comments

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Hi, Mark. This looks like it could be just the molt of a dragonfly that was left behind when the animal emerged and flew away. If that's the case, then the spotting can go to the Arthropods category. Whenever you spot something that's FROM an animal (such as feces, tracks, a web, a nest, etc.), it can go in the category for that animal. Since this belongs to an insect, I've gone ahead and have moved it to Arthropods for you. Please consider the "Signs of Wildlife" mission for this type of spotting:

http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7208...

Now, if this is actually the insect itself and not just an exuvia (molt), then it goes into Arthropods and the "Signs of Wildlife" mission is not appropriate. Make sense? I hope so because it seemed confusing as I typed it! ;-)

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

maybe a dragonfly nymph

markandrewthomas
Spotted by
markandrewthomas

Delray Beach, Florida, USA

Spotted on Jun 4, 2012
Submitted on Jun 4, 2012

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