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Habropoda pallida
Photo#179514
Copyright © 2008
Hartmut Wisch
Anthophora? -
Habropoda pallida
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Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, California, USA
April 24, 2008
On flower of
Larrea tridentata
(Creosote bush).
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Contributed by
Hartmut Wisch
on 28 April, 2008 - 10:50pm
Last updated 11 March, 2014 - 8:43pm
Moved
Moved from
Habropoda
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John S. Ascher
, 11 March, 2014 - 8:43pm
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Thanks, John!
its on my spring list, especially since my grandkids want to see Kelso Dunes.
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Hartmut Wisch
, 12 March, 2014 - 10:53am
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Moved
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Beatriz Moisset
, 7 May, 2008 - 10:58pm
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Anthophorini
do you have other views?
I was just at Kelso Dunes myself:
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Habropoda+pallida
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John S. Ascher
, 29 April, 2008 - 9:52am
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Thanks, John,
those are nice pictures in what looks like
Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus
. Do you use a flash with your camera?
It was rather windy that afternoon, and on subsequent days the crowd of 17 (Jepson botany workshop with Jim Andre & Tasha LaDoux) chased most of the insects away.
Did you stay at Granite Cove?
I have some other pictures, taken a bit north of the dunes, but have to search.
P.S. Just found, and added, a photo of the bee in flight.
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Hartmut Wisch
, 29 April, 2008 - 11:55am
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Habropoda
"what looks like Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus"
This is Leslie Saul's study plant.
"Do you use a flash with your camera?"
No, I used a Sony DSC-H5 with more or less default settings with 12x zoom from about 4 feet.
"Did you stay at Granite Cove?"
I stayed at the Zzyzx field station
Your images may also be of Habropoda pallida, but I can't see the wing venational character that would confirm this
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John S. Ascher
, 29 April, 2008 - 1:35pm
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Interesting,
perhaps that camera might be a good extra to carry along - just looked at a review.
Leslie Saul's study about phoretic nest parasites is fascinating. I read it some time ago, also added references on a couple of
Meloidae
pages at the time; perhaps time to look at it again since I didn't remember the Astragalus.
Next time I'll try to get the wing venation as well.
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Hartmut Wisch
, 29 April, 2008 - 7:25pm
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