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A shed skin of what could be a water insect . . . or not. The skin was about 34 cm long.
This skin was found "stuck" to the top of a water barrel under our eaves in the Amazon rainforest of SE Ecuador. It is light olive green in color
I painstakingly stalked this "insect" moving at the speed of rust so as not to scare it. I got the first photo, then moved in and gently touched it to get a different pose. If fell off in my hand. So, I now have confidence in my ability to stalk inanimate objects. I have seen water bugs about that size in the barrel and wonder if it might be from them. I believe I have a picture somewhere so will try to post it for help in identifying this skin.
Spotted on Feb 4, 2019
Submitted on Feb 6, 2019
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