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Slender, red-legged Epi - Epicauta
Copyright © 2009 Jim McClarin

Slender, red-legged Epi - Epicauta
foothills of Organ Mts., Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 6, 2006
Size: 10 mm?
Handsome Epi*cauta came to my UV lights on greesewood/mesquite/cactus incline of Organ Mnts. foothills. If I remember my thread counts, squares = 5mm.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 6 June, 2009 - 12:35am
Last updated 22 March, 2010 - 12:19am

Moved
Moved from Epicauta.
… v belov, 22 March, 2010 - 12:19am

Might be same as
this one.
… Jim McClarin, 6 June, 2009 - 1:07am

 
Epicauta virgulata (LeC) or hirsutipubescens (Maydell)
John Pinto det.

you were right, Jim!
… v belov, 11 June, 2009 - 5:14pm

 
I was right,
it *might* be that one :-) Can't move it anywhere though.
… Jim McClarin, 30 June, 2009 - 6:40am

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