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kozue

Date

January 21, 2024 10:02 AM -04

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ednardojequi

Date

January 16, 2024 08:16 AM -03

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paulabernardi

Date

January 4, 2024 08:08 PM -03

Description

Son todos C. cribraria?

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December 15, 2023 02:14 PM -05

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smiley_beaver

Date

January 3, 2024 06:29 PM -05

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Tortoise and Hispine Beetles (Subfamily Cassidinae)

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bettyglatzhofer

Date

April 25, 2023 04:32 PM -05

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Harlequin Beetle (Acrocinus longimanus)

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miscbr

Date

November 2017

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rcateles

Date

August 24, 2023 01:57 PM -03

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Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

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avesdoferrabraz

Date

May 2018

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Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala)

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avesdoferrabraz

Date

December 23, 2019 03:20 PM -03

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What

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

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avesdoferrabraz

Date

December 24, 2018 08:48 AM -02

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dccopley

Date

November 15, 2023 11:20 AM -05

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reuber

Date

November 11, 2021 10:19 AM -04

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fernyproas

Date

July 23, 2020 11:39 AM -05

Place

Ecuador (Google, OSM)

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touroult

Date

August 19, 2022 02:43 PM AST

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projetobioif

Date

October 26, 2023 09:29 AM -03

Description

Registro por Lisiane Zanella

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projetobioif

Date

October 10, 2023 07:47 AM -03

Description

Registro por Lisiane Zanella

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Beck's Volute (Adelomelon beckii)

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deboas

Date

August 6, 2023 02:23 PM -03

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guilhermeher

Date

August 12, 2023 10:57 AM -03

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tshahan

Date

August 5, 2023 04:23 PM -05

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Black Mud-dauber Wasps (Genus Sceliphron)

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projetobioif

Date

September 1, 2023 04:18 PM -03

Description

Registro por Larissa de Aguiar

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doppelhans

Date

August 16, 2023 04:01 PM -05

Place

Chicaque (Google, OSM)

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tomi_favier

Date

February 27, 2022 05:05 PM -03

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gissela

Date

August 1, 2023 11:22 AM -05

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Tortoise and Hispine Beetles (Subfamily Cassidinae)

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ben-adams1227

Date

July 3, 2023 03:23 PM -05

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Tortoise and Hispine Beetles (Subfamily Cassidinae)

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dieterschulten

Date

March 20, 2020 06:17 PM CET

Description

2020_9743

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brendakend

Date

April 25, 2023 03:49 PM -03

Description

Capturadas utilizando Guarda Chuva Entomologico, tentando identificar um nivel de familia.

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eerikaschulz

Date

February 18, 2018 09:44 AM CET

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bealeiderman

Date

May 27, 2023 11:36 AM -05

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Ello Sphinx (Erinnyis ello)

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gilavila

Date

May 1, 2023 03:40 PM -03

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Pearl Moths (Subfamily Spilomelinae)

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cecilianetto

Date

April 28, 2023 04:34 PM -03

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Jewel Beetles (Family Buprestidae)

Date

September 29, 2016 04:25 PM -03

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False Burnet Moths (Family Urodidae)

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gabrielflx777

Date

March 25, 2023 10:31 AM -03

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bealeiderman

Date

April 6, 2023 10:23 AM -05

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joshthenom69

Date

October 26, 2022 09:23 AM -05

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Soldier Beetles (Family Cantharidae)

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bealeiderman

Date

February 24, 2023 11:08 AM -05

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rudygelis

Date

January 12, 2023 08:45 AM -03

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mannomatutu

Date

December 30, 2019 03:49 PM -03

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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

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henriqueraupp

Date

January 6, 2023 01:10 PM -03

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What

Emeraldine (Ceroctena amynta)

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biomarcos

Date

February 2, 2023 11:11 AM -03

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guillermo-andreo

Date

January 13, 2023 10:05 AM -03

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What

Giant Silk Moth (Arsenura armida)

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roberto_richard

Date

January 19, 2023 10:48 PM -03

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squiresk

Date

January 6, 2023 10:05 AM EST

Place

Panama (Google, OSM)

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fredericosonntag

Date

December 27, 2020 01:18 PM -02

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bayucca

Date

December 17, 2017 01:25 PM -05

Description

Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Omaspides collecta, female.

Cabañas Yankuam, Via Nuevo Paraiso, Nangaritza, Zamora Chinchcipe, Ecuador.

ID by Lukas Sekerka

Described by Spaeth in 1937. He wrote "female unknown":
"Die Makel des Seitendaches hat zwei dunkle Querbinden; vor der Spitze der Scheibe ist je eine unscharfe, vorn sich netzförmig auflösende, längliche gelbe Makel. Halsschild vorn breit abgestutzt, schmal rötlich, an der Seite gerade, Flügeldecken des Weibchens an der Basis seicht ausgerandet, die Schulterecken sehr wenig vorgezogen und gewinkelt; Seitendach breit; Scheibe mit sehr verloschener Netzung. 13 x 12,5 mm (Weibchen unbekannt). Ecuador (Buckley, Brit. Mus.) ......................collecta n. Sp."
Spaeth (1937) page 92:
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitung-Stettin_98_0079-0095.pdf

Now we have the first documented and verified female of this species and it is even mentioned in a paper by Leocadio et. al. (2020).

Subsociality and parental care is quite common in Cassidinae (and probably also in other Chrysomelidae) and an interesting behaviour.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341462065_Molecular_systematics_reveals_the_origins_of_subsociality_in_tortoise_beetles_Coleoptera_Chrysomelidae_Cassidinae_Evolution_of_subsociality_in_Cassidinae

http://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/katalog%20internetowy/omaspidescollecta.htm

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marilindner

Date

December 2022

Place

Brazil (Google, OSM)

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What

Dark Owl-Butterfly (Caligo brasiliensis)

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projetobioif

Date

September 15, 2022

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oscarneto

Date

May 5, 2022 10:29 AM -03

Description

This post belongs to the life cycle coded under the Similar Observation Set number 145464047.


Due to iNaturalist's policy of keeping different organisms and pictures taken at different timespans in separate posts, the life cycle was divided into multiple posts, all belonging to this post. The posts can be found here:

Main post, which includes an adult beetle and pupal exuvia: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464047

Larva: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464039

Various larvae and pupae, as well as damage caused to the leaf: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464040

Pupa: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464042

Pupa as time passed: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464044

Pre eclosion pupa: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464045

Post eclosion beetle 1: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464049

Post eclosion beetle 2: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464048

Mating pair: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145464050

THIS POST IS ALSO LINKED TO MY YOUTUBE ACCOUNT. THE VIDEO DISPLAYS ADDITIONAL VISUAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS LIFE CYCLE AND CAN BE ACCESSED HERE: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLru7pHFjYlQ3517HS1OwRzAArO_ryjVud


The larvae were collected from the host plant Carpentaria acuminata and were bred feeding exclusively on it. The larvae were wrapped in a fecal cocoon, which is excreted after birth. The insect will carry and remain inside the fecal cocoon throughout the entire larval and pupal cycle, freeing itself only after emerging as an adult. The fecal cocoon consists of long fecal strands attached to the rear end of the insect, probably used both as camouflage and protection from predators.

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Dark-winged Fungus Gnats (Family Sciaridae)

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obsnat

Date

November 19, 2022 09:00 PM -03

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Dung Beetles (Subfamily Scarabaeinae)

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biomarcos

Date

November 23, 2022 10:24 AM -03

Description

Rolando uma semente.

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jvitor_os

Date

November 19, 2022 10:34 AM -03

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daxkifa

Date

August 19, 2022 01:53 PM -05

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Southern Monarch (Danaus erippus)

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nilrodrigues

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November 5, 2022 10:07 AM -03

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alenilson

Date

November 12, 2022 08:53 AM -03

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alandefraga

Date

November 9, 2022 10:36 PM -03

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Sheetweb and Dwarf Weavers (Family Linyphiidae)

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fmiudo

Date

November 4, 2022 04:16 PM -03

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fmiudo

Date

November 6, 2022 07:17 AM -03

Description

hp: guava

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Scale Insects (Superfamily Coccoidea)

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fmiudo

Date

November 6, 2022 01:05 PM -03

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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

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fmiudo

Date

November 6, 2022 01:07 PM -03

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)

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thea_k_s

Date

November 2022

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gabrielflx777

Date

October 20, 2022 10:17 PM -03

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albertkang

Date

December 6, 2021 09:10 PM +08

Description

Pic #1 taken with UV lighting, parts of the abdomen glows, otherwise, the whole spider is black colour under regular lighting.

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fmiudo

Date

October 24, 2022 09:52 AM -03

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petermarting

Date

August 13, 2009 10:19 AM -05

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roberto_richard

Date

October 12, 2022 04:13 PM -03

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Golden-winged Cacique (Cacicus chrysopterus)

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roberto_richard

Date

September 20, 2022 07:15 AM -03

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gafischer

Date

September 17, 2022 12:20 PM -03

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jiri_hodecek

Date

September 30, 2013 04:04 PM -05

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gafischer

Date

August 29, 2022 10:34 PM -03

Description

Host: Leschenaultia sp. (Tachinidae)

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Tortoise and Hispine Beetles (Subfamily Cassidinae)

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scibugs

Date

February 11, 2022 02:45 PM -05

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elendil_c

Date

August 23, 2022 02:11 PM AST

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projetobioif

Date

August 11, 2022

Description

Coletado por Letícia

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projetobioif

Date

August 13, 2022 01:02 PM -03

Description

Registro por Lisiane Zanella

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Typical Treehoppers (Family Membracidae)

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eizemberg

Date

December 9, 2010 01:48 PM -02

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eizemberg

Date

July 8, 2007 04:13 PM -03

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benoit_segerer

Date

July 21, 2022 10:53 AM -05

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fabnaturalist

Date

July 8, 2022 05:28 PM -05

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Broad-snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)

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guillermo-andreo

Date

July 11, 2022 09:59 AM -03

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virusmanbob

Date

March 27, 2011 12:21 PM PDT

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Lauxaniid Flies (Family Lauxaniidae)

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andreamaral

Date

February 27, 2021 06:10 PM -03

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rob-westerduijn

Date

March 16, 2014

Description

found mating on hostplant Philodendron pastazanum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75290677

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stephenluk

Date

May 5, 2009 12:05 PM -05

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anderson62

Date

October 20, 2012 02:29 PM -03

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gustavomorejon

Date

December 17, 2013

Description

Exartematopus sp (Chrysomelidae : Galerucinae)

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What

Tortoise and Hispine Beetles (Subfamily Cassidinae)

Date

January 18, 2020 08:27 PM EST

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peterhma

Date

March 10, 2020 09:13 AM EDT

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francisco431

Date

February 8, 2020 10:46 AM EST

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alenilson

Date

June 2, 2022 08:34 PM -03

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alenilson

Date

May 18, 2022 12:01 AM -03

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Amazon False Coral Snake (Oxyrhopus rhombifer)

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joao_gava_just

Date

September 14, 2020 06:27 PM -03

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gabrielflx777

Date

April 29, 2022

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Tortoise and Hispine Beetles (Subfamily Cassidinae)

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techuser

Date

December 2016

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What

Curved-horn Moths (Superfamily Gelechioidea)

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alenilson

Date

January 30, 2022 12:02 AM -03

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Blacksmith Tree Frog (Boana faber)

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gabrielflx777

Date

April 1, 2022 09:45 PM -03

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aacocucci

Date

November 13, 2021 01:37 PM -03

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projetobioif

Date

March 24, 2022 03:57 PM -03

Description

Registro por Lisiane Zanella E Arthur G. Borges

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Tortoise and Hispine Beetles (Subfamily Cassidinae)

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rob-westerduijn

Date

October 23, 2019 07:27 AM CEST