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Little Bear - Paracotalpa ursina
Copyright © 2008 Aaron Schusteff

Little Bear - Paracotalpa ursina
Carrizo Plains, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
April 7, 2008
Size: Body Length ~17mm
Happy to be released :-) They are rather clumsy and loud flyers.

There were many dozens in this small patch of fiddle-neck (Amsinckia tessellata), which is a very prickly and seemingly uninviting plant to land on, crawl on, and generally cavort on.

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 1 September, 2008 - 12:03am

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