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Acmaeodera natlovei
Copyright © 2021 Joel DuBois

Acmaeodera natlovei
12.7 mi. SE Ft. Davis on 118, Brewster County, Texas, USA
June 5, 2021
swp roadside flowers

These guys are everywhere on smaller flowers this time of the year. One sweep through a good patch of composites has yielded nearly 20 or so specimens. They end up getting replaced by A. mixta later in the year, which take their exact same spots and are found in similar numbers.
Contributed by Joel DuBois on 31 July, 2021 - 12:24pm
Last updated 2 November, 2023 - 3:08pm

Moved
Moved from Acmaeodera.
… Jason Hansen, 30 October, 2023 - 5:27pm

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