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Mini Mallophora - Megaphorus minutus - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Jeff Hollenbeck

Mini Mallophora - Megaphorus minutus - Male Female
Childs, Highlands County, Florida, USA
July 23, 2007
Size: BL ~15mm

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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 25 July, 2007 - 8:38pm
Last updated 9 August, 2007 - 9:51pm

Wonderful photos
Congratulations on the really neat sequence of shots.
… Jack Connor, 26 July, 2007 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

Megaphorus minutus
There is one already in Bugguide..we just don't know how to give you the link!
… norman lavers, 25 July, 2007 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Mega
There are three in FL (clausicellus, minutus and laphroides) and I don't know if I can tell them apart. If the female is 15mm I am not sure she falls into the size range of minutus. I have misplaced my Mega/Mallophora paper for the moment.

laphroides shot:

another small FL:
… Herschel Raney, 26 July, 2007 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I knew it was a Mega, I just liked the title.
Although I have images on the genus page already, I post new images in hopes that you will see something that may lead to species ID.

This robber seems to be abundant in sand/pine/oak scrub in my area -Highlands, Okeechobee, Martin, and St. Lucie, and they all look the same in each area, so I'm guessing it is the same species I see each time.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 26 July, 2007 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

 
Well
We will keep at it. And their previous genus name was in fact Mallophorina.
… Herschel Raney, 26 July, 2007 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

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