Photo Details -
©Nicky Davis
July
23, 2006 - Scipio Lake, Millard County, Utah
1. Face
2., 3., 4. Full view
5. Eyespots
6., 7. Head and Thorax
8., 9., 10. Appendages
Characteristics
- Eyes have large blue, wavy-edged,
spoon-shaped eyespots with a connecting or nearly connecting blue line
- Thorax has a wide black dorsal stripe
- Thorax side stripe is wider at the front,
pinches toward the back and ends in an arrow shape
- Dorsal side of abdomen is more blue than
black on segments 1-5, segment 6-7 more black than blue,
segments 8-9 are all blue, segment 10 is blue with a black mark in the
center
- Lower appendages are longer than the uppers
- There is a little shelf on the inside of
each superior appendage (cercus) (the little gray rounded bumps on
either side of the fuzz) that characterizes Boreal, whereas Northern
has a shelf like that projecting from the end, plainly evident from
both top and sides. See #8 appendage photo
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