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Phengodidae - Phengodes mexicana - male
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Phengodidae - Phengodes mexicana - Male
North of Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
August 3, 2009
Size: 15mm

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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 6 August, 2009 - 8:39pm
Last updated 16 September, 2016 - 6:37pm

I'm finding it very difficult
I'm finding it very difficult to distinguish mexicana from frontalis without seeing the galea. Compare with this one: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2126219
… Russell Pfau, 7 June, 2022 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Glowworms.
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