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Liris
Photo#49146
Copyright © 2006
Patrick Alexander
unk. sphecid -
Liris
Dripping Springs, Organ Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
April 23, 2006
Size: 2/3"?
An unknown sphecid; perhaps
Chlorion
? In a congregation of insects around mud below a seep.
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Contributed by
Patrick Alexander
on 23 April, 2006 - 8:38pm
Last updated 16 July, 2009 - 3:57pm
Moved
Moved from
Larrini
.
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Matthias Buck
, 16 July, 2009 - 3:57pm
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Moved
Moved from
Larrinae
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Robin McLeod
, 29 October, 2006 - 1:19am
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Larrinae.
Very nice image of a sphecid in the subfamily Larrinae. Larra, Larropsis, Liris, all look very much alike, and are separated largely by the degree of atrophy of the ocelli (simple eyes). They are reduced to obsolete in many genera in this subfamily. Hard wasps to photograph as they are very wary.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 24 April, 2006 - 3:12pm
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