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Diadasia australis californica - Diadasia australis - Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Irwindale, Los Angeles County, California, USA May 8, 2008
Though I didn't manage to get good photos of pollen-laden females arriving at their burrows (they quickly moved in), the present image is one of several still showing abdominal end, and part of pollen-covered scopa before they moved farther into their burrow.
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