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Desmia maculalis - male
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Desmia maculalis - Male
Washington, Prewitt Reservoir County, Colorado, USA
July 15, 2015
Size: 20-22 mm wingspan
Muddy or moist dirt substrate with lush knee high grass, an abundance of forbes under canopy of cottonwoods along inlet channel to reservoir. Surrounding countryside mostly ag land with some sage grasslands. Separated from Desmia funeralis by banded underparts lacking D. funeralis' solid patch.. and size

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Contributed by Steven Mlodinow on 18 July, 2015 - 10:57am
Last updated 18 July, 2015 - 4:50pm

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