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Apolysis on Desert Alyssum - Apolysis - male
Copyright © 2012 Aaron Schusteff

Apolysis on Desert Alyssum - Apolysis - Male
Pine Tree Canyon, Kern County, California, USA
March 29, 2012
I believe this is Apolysis...see comments here.

Photographed on flowers of the shrub Desert Alyssum (Lepidium fremontii) at the western edge of the Mojave Desert.

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 15 April, 2012 - 4:18pm

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