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Philanthus multimaculatus
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Copyright © 2009
Ron Hemberger
Beewolf on Buckwheat -
Philanthus multimaculatus
Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
July 25, 2009
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Contributed by
Ron Hemberger
on 1 August, 2009 - 4:47pm
Last updated 27 October, 2009 - 11:25am
Beautiful
What a pretty
Philanthus
.
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Stephen Hart
, 1 August, 2009 - 8:34pm
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Thanks, Stephen.
Usually, I see a single beewolf and get just a couple of tries at it. This time, I ran into a bunch of them feeding and followed two of them around. The other individual was as photogenic as this one, but the shots turned out to be very similar, so I posted just these.
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Ron Hemberger
, 1 August, 2009 - 10:45pm
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