I would say that this is
Syritta pipiens except I photographed a
Syritta pipiens recently

and
Ron Hemberger indicated that an enlarged femur with sawtooth edge is distincitive of that species. The one that I photographed today has some hairs on its smallish femur but I don't make them out to be the same obvious sawtooth as in the earlier
Syritta pipiens. That individual also had yellow markings instead of blue like the one in my current photos. Can the current one still be
Syritta pipiens?
Contributed by
Mardon Erbland on 15 September, 2008 - 5:57pm
Last updated 15 September, 2008 - 7:14pm