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Pseudomasaris edwardsii - female
Copyright © 2024 Ramon(Ray) Evans

Pseudomasaris edwardsii - Female
Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
July 24, 2023
Observed a few Pseudomasaris edwardsii wasps gathering pollen from Branching Phacelia (Phacelia ramosissima) flowers for their offspring. This seems to be a female as the antennae is short, not reaching scutum.

"The female wasp anchors her egg by its posterior tip to the bottom of the cell, deposits a jellylike cylindrical provision composed of Phacelia pollen and nectar, that is constructed as a cell cap.

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Contributed by Ramon(Ray) Evans on 1 June, 2024 - 12:52am
Last updated 6 August, 2024 - 2:24pm

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