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Laphria canis
Photo#57489
Copyright © 2006
john and jane balaban
Our third Chicago robber -
Laphria canis
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Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 2, 2006
Size: ~14mm
This one was all black -- black face, black thorax, black abdomen.
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Contributed by
john and jane balaban
on 13 June, 2006 - 5:59pm
Last updated 14 June, 2006 - 7:25pm
Laphria
Wide genitalia on this black male suggests a possible true Laphria canis. Species group includes sicula and winnemana but this may be canis.
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Herschel Raney
, 13 June, 2006 - 10:05pm
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