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Little Black and White Wasps - Pterocheilus
Copyright © 2008 Lynette Schimming

Little Black and White Wasps - Pterocheilus
Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
April 1, 2008
Size: around 10mm

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Little Black and White Wasps - Pterocheilus Little Black and White Wasps - Pterocheilus Found on the bushes with the wasps - Pterocheilus
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 10 April, 2008 - 4:35pm
Last updated 11 April, 2008 - 9:10pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Lynette Schimming, 10 April, 2008 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Weird
Were they clinging or were they impaled? It may have been a Loggerhead Shrike cache.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 11 April, 2008 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
I never even thought
they might be impaled. I'm fairly sure they were clinging.
… Lynette Schimming, 11 April, 2008 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

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