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beetle - Odontosphindus clavicornis
Copyright © 2007 Joyce Gross

beetle - Odontosphindus clavicornis
Redway, Humboldt County, California, USA
August 4, 2007
Size: 2.5mm
Found indoors walking up wall of house. (The house is pretty open to the outside...)

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beetle - Odontosphindus clavicornis beetle - Odontosphindus clavicornis
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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 26 August, 2007 - 2:58am
Last updated 30 September, 2007 - 11:38pm

Not
sure, but reminds me of Odontosphindus (Sphindidae). I think there is a western species.
… Donald S. Chandler, 26 August, 2007 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

 
O. clavicornis
is the only one listed (and depicted) at the SBMNH site
… Jim McClarin, 26 August, 2007 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

 
O. clavicornis
Thanks Don and Jim. Looks like a perfect match. There is a drawing of the species in American Beetles as well.
… Joyce Gross, 26 August, 2007 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

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