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Perdita Pair - Perdita - male - female
Copyright © 2010 Aaron Schusteff

Perdita Pair - Perdita - Male Female
Circle X Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains Nat. Rec. Area, Ventura County, California, USA
July 7, 2010
Pair of Perdita on flower of Calochortus plummerae.

The male is above here...earlier he'd been waiting on the edge of the corolla for a visitor like the female, who was investigating the anther of the flower here.

I'm presuming this is the same species as depicted here, where I described how I arrived at ID of Perdita.

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 1 August, 2010 - 2:20am
Last updated 21 February, 2014 - 5:35am

Moved
Moved from Perdita.
… John S. Ascher, 21 February, 2014 - 5:35am login or register to post comments

Nicely shot and narrated, Aaron.
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… Ron Hemberger, 1 August, 2010 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

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