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Toxomerus? - Toxomerus marginatus - female
Copyright © 2005 Steve Scott

Toxomerus? - Toxomerus marginatus - Female
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
October 30, 2005
Size: 1 cm +
This one showed up soon after (female?). Posture alternated between open wing on alighting and closed wings when nectering.

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Toxomerus? - Toxomerus marginatus - female Toxomerus? - Toxomerus marginatus - female
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 2 November, 2005 - 9:03am
Last updated 27 April, 2006 - 6:26pm

Female T. marginatus
This is a female Toxomerus marginatus.
… Beatriz Moisset, 17 November, 2005 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks, Beatriz. I had the genders right but didn't recognize the species difference.
… Steve Scott, 20 November, 2005 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

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