Photo 2265401, (c) Chuck Sexton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chuck Sexton

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What

Wharf Louse (Ligia exotica)

Observer

gcwarbler

Date

August 7, 2015

Description

These were abundant on the rocks of the South Padre Island jetty. Keyed out with the (likely outdated) monograph by H. Richardson (1905, Bull. U.S. Nat'l Mus., p. 674). A link to the L. exotica page is on BG here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1083380

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