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Posted on June 20, 2019 at 09:23:11 AM by Barbara Taylor
Yesterday at the Bracebridge Ponds this Crimson-ringed Whiteface decided to co-operate and posed for a few photos. Looks like it has a bunch of mites attached to the underside of its abdomen.
Thanks to Joe Bartok for the ID based on "double rows of cells in radial planates". (Belted Whiteface has single row). I've cropped this photo to zoom in on the area of note:
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