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Sand wasp digging in trail - Steniolia elegans - female

Sand wasp digging in trail - Steniolia elegans - Female
Oracle Ridge Trail, Mt. Lemmon, Santa Catalina Mountains, elev. ~8,000 ft., Pima County, Arizona, USA
June 18, 2010
Took lots of patients and my zoom lens to get these images. I eventually snuck up on her in "macro" mode, but she soon abandoned her burrow. Might be for the best since the trail gets a fair amount of traffic.

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