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Mydas ventralis
Copyright © 2009 Richard C. Hoyer

Mydas ventralis
9 miles W of Marana, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 2, 2009
Size: ~ 1.25 inches
Three or four were hilltopping and aggressively chasing each other.
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Contributed by Richard C. Hoyer on 2 July, 2009 - 8:30pm

Get out!
Way cool, Rich, nice find! I wish some of your magic would rub off, though:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 July, 2009 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
It was your newly acquired Field Guide to Insects of North America that cleverly led me away from Asilidae, which is where I naturally gravitated towards.
… Richard C. Hoyer, 2 July, 2009 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

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