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Brachycistidinae - female
Copyright © 2006 William Ericson

Brachycistidinae - Female
Inyo County, California, USA
July 19, 2006
Wingless females are very, very rare. They live their entire lives burried underground. They only come out to mate. Awesome creatures. We don't even know what they do under the sand or if they're parasitic or not.

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Contributed by William Ericson on 19 September, 2007 - 1:49pm
Last updated 24 September, 2007 - 10:15pm

Hi William,
Here's your photo cropped. I would have cropped it more if there were more pixels to work with. I also fixed a few things in your text. If you don't approve, just change it back and I'll leave it alone.
… Jim McClarin, 19 September, 2007 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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