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Posted on 29-09-2010 21:55
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 Hi,

I hope I'm not flooding the forum! Wink

One more for tonight, I have this regularly on my south wall. It's around 4mm long. Is it possible to give it a species name?

26th September, south of Lincoln UK.

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 I think truncorum
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 Thank you Nikita! That is what I thought too, the brown knees are always a constant. Grin

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