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Hemipepsis - Hemipepsis ustulata
Copyright © 2007 margarethe brummermann

Hemipepsis - Hemipepsis ustulata
Lower Madera Canyon grassland, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 20, 2007
On oozing Desert Broom, with many other insects. Late afternoon.

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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 2 October, 2007 - 8:02pm
Last updated 8 October, 2007 - 5:56pm

H. ustulata ustulata.
This is the only common species in southern Arizona. I keyed my specimens to that species anyway.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 October, 2007 - 4:15pm

 
Great,
anotherone down. I'll get all my pics filed away with species IDs yet!
… margarethe brummermann, 3 October, 2007 - 5:00pm

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