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04-08-2009, 08:31 PM
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| | | is this a common darter?
Hello,
Can you tell me if this is a female Common Darter please?
Thanks for looking,
Rob 
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04-08-2009, 09:25 PM
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| | | Re: is this a common darter?
Hi Rob
It's an immature male Common Darter - you can see the secondary genitalia underneath segment 2(ish). |
04-08-2009, 09:41 PM
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| | | Re: is this a common darter?
Yep, I agree, its a male. |
04-08-2009, 10:36 PM
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Thanks Paul and Steve,
Rob
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| | | Re: is this a common darter?
Another good id. pointer is the pale stripes along the legs from which the species gets part of it's latin name 'striolatum' from.
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