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Pterocheilus - Pterocheilus hirsutipennis - female
Copyright © 2009 Hartmut Wisch

Pterocheilus - Pterocheilus hirsutipennis - Female
Coyote Canyon, Anza Borrego State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
March 5, 2009
Size: 9mm
There's considerable hairiness on much of the thorax, and the head. Note the fringed, or 'feathery' palps, forming a basket-like structure for moving excavated material.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 9 March, 2009 - 6:44pm
Last updated 17 March, 2009 - 7:16pm

Moved
Moved from Pterocheilus.
… Hartmut Wisch, 17 March, 2009 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

I dig this series. Really!
The palps are quite intriguing. Thanks for posting, Hartmut.
… Ron Hemberger, 9 March, 2009 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll try to see some more tomorrow,
and hopefully oodles of bees.
… Hartmut Wisch, 9 March, 2009 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

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