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Xylocopa - female
Copyright © 2008 Hartmut Wisch

Xylocopa - Female
Moist meadow along upper Seymour Creek drainage, ~7800 ft., Mount Pinos, Kern County, California, USA
July 17, 2008
Size: ~ 15 mm

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 24 July, 2008 - 12:08am
Last updated 24 July, 2008 - 3:24pm

Xylocopa
female
… John S. Ascher, 24 July, 2008 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

 
Oops - I goofed
I shouldn't do this late at night -
Thanks, John, for the correction.
Seems too small to be X. californica, so perhaps tabaniformis ? Alas, I can't tell from these pictures, so I'll just file them under the genus.
… Hartmut Wisch, 24 July, 2008 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

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