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Small reddish or grayish
Lake habitat
Come in the hundreds
Spotted on Mar 16, 2014
Submitted on Mar 17, 2014
3 Comments
And it was just that it was out of water so the legs were spread out but thanks for the info
Well they might be that but they were in water ice fishing I took one out for a photo
Interesting spotting. I suspect you have, not a shrimp, but a snow scorpionfly (Boreus brumalis). They are usually found on the surface of the snow on warm winter days, especially towards spring. Take a look at this page and see if you'd agree with me: http://bugguide.net/node/view/377528. If so, I think you may have the first spotting of this insect on Project Noah!