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the fun of the catalpa tree - Monobia quadridens
Copyright © 2006 edward trammel

the fun of the catalpa tree - Monobia quadridens
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
August 5, 2006

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the fun of the catalpa tree - Monobia quadridens the fun of the catalpa tree - Monobia quadridens
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Contributed by edward trammel on 18 November, 2006 - 1:42pm

Male.
The specimen is a male (long antennae, prominent white blotch on face), apparently behaving aggressively toward a blue mud dauber (Chalybion californicum).
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 November, 2006 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
wasps
he was hopelessly outnumbered, and this encounter ended in his flying away... the number of wasps the come to these trees is amazing.
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