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Real Pseudodoros - Pseudodoros clavatus - male
Copyright © 2005 Chuck Entz

Real Pseudodoros - Pseudodoros clavatus - Male
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
November 12, 2005
Size: 1/2 inch
Probably the same individual as:

I finally got a picture showing the scutellum. As expected, the black-band-on-yellow pattern confirms this is Pseudodoros clavatus (see Gerard Pennards' comments on ). The eyes that meet along the middle of the head show it's a male


Nectaring on Lemon Verbena (Aloysia citrodora).
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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 19 November, 2005 - 2:23am
Last updated 15 January, 2007 - 9:56pm

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