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Photo#628994
Copyright © 2012
Pat Livecchi
sawfly - north Phoenix area -
Ripiphorus rex
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Foutain Hills - McDonald Regional Park, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
April 8, 2012
Size: 15 mm
seems to be a sawfly of some sort, but having a difficult time figuring out which one......
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Contributed by
Pat Livecchi
on 11 April, 2012 - 11:45pm
Last updated 12 April, 2012 - 10:41pm
This is a female
The pectinate antennae indicate female, not male (they have biflabellate antennae)...see info page for more info.
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Aaron Schusteff
, 20 August, 2012 - 9:28pm
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size
this was taken with a macro lens, then cropped to reduce file size. It flew more like a bee, and was slightly larger than a honeybee, little over an inch.......
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Pat Livecchi
, 12 April, 2012 - 4:14pm
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Moved tentatively/cropped; nice pic! it's a beetle...
will seek expert confirmation
NB: can't be 4 cm, though --pls correct size data
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v belov
, 12 April, 2012 - 12:06am
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