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Dielis tolteca? - Dielis tolteca
Copyright © 2022 C

Dielis tolteca? - Dielis tolteca
Los Angeles County, California, USA
November 26, 2022
Removed from swimming pool. Was orange in real life, not just on camera.

Eventually began nectaring when placed on a carrion-scented flower (it could evidently recognize the palatability of the nectar despite its smell) and flew away. This is not a behavioral artifact; I have observed freeflying specimens voluntarily land on foul-scented flowers for nectar.

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Contributed by C on 28 November, 2022 - 8:11pm
Last updated 3 December, 2022 - 10:37pm

Moved for now
Moved from Dielis.
… C, 3 December, 2022 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 28 November, 2022 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

 
If I may ask,
why not move to tolteca if orange abdomen = only possibility among western Campsomerinae?
… C, 28 November, 2022 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

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