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Posted by Jeff Weber on 19:10:21 09/23/06
In Reply to: Re: Northern Wheatear photo by Jeff Weber posted by Roxanne
Roxanne: Just made it a little bigger so the shape of the bug's mouthparts needed for an ID became obvious. This is the same type of bug, by the way (though not the same species), that probably initiated the demise of Charles Darwin. He was bitten by the Cone-Nosed Kissing Bug of the Pampas down in Argentina. His bouts of illness with the resulting Chargas disease probably delayed publication of his major works. Hope the Wheatear enjoyed it.
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