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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Pollen Wasps (Masarinae) » Pseudomasaris » Pseudomasaris vespoides
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Patrolling Male Pseudomasaris and Female I - Pseudomasaris vespoides - male - female
Copyright © 2011 Aaron Schusteff

Patrolling Male Pseudomasaris and Female I - Pseudomasaris vespoides - Male Female
Camp Wishon, Sequoia National Forest, Tulare County, California, USA
July 12, 2010
The male has approached more closely here. Two small beetles are clinging to the top of the penstemon corolla.

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 24 April, 2011 - 2:03am
Last updated 25 February, 2013 - 3:24pm

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