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JonLewis
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Yesterday
Looks like a termite to me.
Termitoidae (informal group)
KorinneM
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Yesterday
Not a damselfly. Maybe a flying ant?
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ibaird
wrote:
23 Sep 2025
Protoptilinae Subfamily?
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WendyEM
wrote:
23 Sep 2025
Could this be a caddisfly ?
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KimberiRP
wrote:
24 Aug 2025
Not Nesogaster ruficeps, a native species inhabiting forests; it has a uniformly black body and differently shaped forceps. This is a female Forficula auricularia, a more pale introduced species generally found in urban gardens.
Forficula auricularia
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Thrips excaeletus
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Denman Prospect, ACT
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