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Cosmosalia nigrolineata, female of mating pair, collected and pinned - Lepturobosca nigrolineata - female
Copyright © 2010 Edward L. Ruden

Cosmosalia nigrolineata, female of mating pair, collected and pinned - Lepturobosca nigrolineata - Female
Elk Mtn., Forest Rd. 645A, 11209’ altitude, Elk Mountain 7.5’ quadrangle, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
August 14, 2010
Size: 15mm
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Go to Main Discussion Page for a general discussion of a group of images related to a mating pair of this species.

This is the female, collected and pinned after being photographed mating.

Technical Note: This image was derived from a stack of 220 images with a 40 micron increment taken with a reversed Focotar-2 enlarging lens set to F/5.6 + bellows + Nikon D300 camera, and processed with CombineZP software.

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Cosmosalia nigrolineata, side view of mating pair - Lepturobosca nigrolineata - male - female Cosmosalia nigrolineata, top view of mating pair - Lepturobosca nigrolineata - male - female Cosmosalia nigrolineata, male of mating pair, collected and pinned - Lepturobosca nigrolineata - male Cosmosalia nigrolineata, female of mating pair, collected and pinned - Lepturobosca nigrolineata - female Cosmosalia nigrolineata, detail of female's recurved pubescence - Lepturobosca nigrolineata - female Cosmosalia nigrolineata with one host plant (Apiaceae) - Lepturobosca nigrolineata
Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 11 October, 2010 - 4:22pm
Last updated 15 May, 2011 - 4:29pm

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