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Post by episcopo on Dec 21, 2019 7:39:11 GMT -8
Hello all, ran across this guy while searching for micro meteorites @ 40X mag. Sample collection from roof. Color is accurate. Any ideas??!! Thanks! Attachments:
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Post by 58chevy on Dec 21, 2019 7:57:06 GMT -8
Looks like the head of a dragonfly or mantis. Where was it found?
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Post by episcopo on Dec 21, 2019 9:21:22 GMT -8
Rooftop in Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Post by bichos on Dec 21, 2019 14:26:46 GMT -8
Looks like the head of a dragonfly or mantis. Where was it found? Id say the first suggested most likely. The mouthparts are not of a dragonfly |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2019 18:15:27 GMT -8
IMHO, it looks like the head of a mantid under a stereo microscope.
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Post by bandrow on Dec 21, 2019 19:10:20 GMT -8
Greetings,
Episcopo mentioned that the image was taken at 40X magnification, so that would make it an awful small mantid!! I would suggest that this is more likely the head of a green lacewing, family Chrysopidae. The swollen antennal bases, large rounded eyes and long palps - and color - all look like a lacewing to me...
Anyone else see what I see?
Cheers!
Bandrow
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Post by bichos on Dec 21, 2019 19:46:27 GMT -8
Looks like the head of a dragonfly or mantis. Where was it found? Id say the first suggested most likely. The mouthparts are not of a dragonfly Oops, yes i meant the second a mantis. But probably too small. Agreed. More likely a lacewing |
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Post by bichos on Dec 21, 2019 19:47:37 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2019 22:36:30 GMT -8
Yes, while I have seen heads of baby mantids this size assuming those are grains of sand, the rounded eyes and non-pointed mandibles does suggest a lacewing. Good calls bichos and bandrow. I stand corrected buddies.
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