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Ventral. Catalog no.: debu00243361. Specimen ID: 8256488. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.499.
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Dorsal. Catalog no.: debu00243362. Specimen ID: 8256489. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.
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Dorsal. Catalog no.: debu00243363. Specimen ID: 8256490. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.499.
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Ventral. Catalog no.: debu00243364. Specimen ID: 8256491. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.
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Ventral. Catalog no.: debu00243365. Specimen ID: 8256492. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.499.
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Ventral. Catalog no.: debu00301128. Specimen ID: 8256493. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.
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Ventral. Catalog no.: BIOUG35304-D04. Specimen ID: 8256494. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.
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Ventral. Catalog no.: BIOUG35304-D05. Specimen ID: 8256495. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.
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Ventral. Catalog no.: BIOUG35304-D06. Specimen ID: 8256496. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.499.
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Flint, Western Australia, Australia
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Ventral. Catalog no.: BIOUG35304-D07. Specimen ID: 8256497. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.333.
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Flint, Western Australia, Australia
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Ventral. Catalog no.: BIOUG35304-E03. Specimen ID: 8256505. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.331.
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Flint, Western Australia, Australia
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Ventral. Catalog no.: BIOUG35304-E04. Specimen ID: 8256506. Image quality: 1. Aspect ratio: 1.499.
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This is a kind of scorpionfly (Mecoptera), and it was one of a TON. They look a lot like crane flies when they fly, but when you look closer you see the four wings, and maybe a prey item, and you realize it ain't no fly. BugGuide says there's only one Bittacus in the Pacific states, so I guess this is it. Sweet.
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Super common at this site. I guess people don't observe this more often because there aren't many bug people from the foothills? Or because they look like crane flies?
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I thought these insects were rare in the state, but they were common in many of the north-facing slopes I visited in the last few days -- far more common than crane flies!
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In grassland.
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