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balsa wrote:
Tiktaalik wrote:
Geometridae? The order is Lepidoptera, of course.
nope, sorry.
edit: is geometridae even on the list o.o
I checked the list and it's not. Weird. You'd think it would be.

Henceagrin's probably right.
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henceagrin36 wrote:
Lymantriidae?
nice! your turn.
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[img]http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/diptera/tephriti/Euaresta/Images/aequalHb.jpg[/img]
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Diptera
Tephritidae?
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Tiktaalik wrote:
Diptera
Tephritidae?
That's right! Your turn.
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[img]http://bugguide.net/images/cache/2KRKWKLKOK8QHSVQJ0BQLS1Q30GKCK7KTKAQD08QT02QHS2QHS4KF01QLSGKUK8Q2KRK9KGKRSAQBKWQV00K6KHK10.jpg[/img]
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Tiktaalik wrote:
[img]http://bugguide.net/images/cache/2KRKWKLKOK8QHSVQJ0BQLS1Q30GKCK7KTKAQD08QT02QHS2QHS4KF01QLSGKUK8Q2KRK9KGKRSAQBKWQV00K6KHK10.jpg[/img]
Coleoptera Lycidae? not sure of species
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balsa wrote:
Tiktaalik wrote:
[img]http://bugguide.net/images/cache/2KRKWKLKOK8QHSVQJ0BQLS1Q30GKCK7KTKAQD08QT02QHS2QHS4KF01QLSGKUK8Q2KRK9KGKRSAQBKWQV00K6KHK10.jpg[/img]
Coleoptera Lycidae? not sure of species
Nope, sorry.
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Lepidoptera Arctiidae? I don't know the species though.
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henceagrin36 wrote:
Lepidoptera Arctiidae? I don't know the species though.
Correct! These insects are actually mimics of the lycids, which you guessed earlier. That goes to show that Batesian mimicry can still even fool humans.
Lycomorpha pholus
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