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Calophya californica
Photo#1221584
Copyright © 2016
Alice Abela
Orgy -
Calophya californica
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Kitchen Creek, San Diego County, California, USA
May 8, 2016
Size: ~2mm
Found on sugar bush, most of the plants only had one or two on the new growth but this particular bush was covered
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Contributed by
Alice Abela
on 9 May, 2016 - 11:26pm
This is awesome
I've never found C. californica in these kinds of numbers. And look at all those eggs! It certainly sheds some light one the sexual dimorphism of the species too: it looks like males are always black and females are often light, but females can definitely be dark-colored too.
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Chris Mallory
, 9 May, 2016 - 11:39pm
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