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Gibbobruchus mimus female, dorsal - Gibbobruchus mimus - female

Gibbobruchus mimus female, dorsal - Gibbobruchus mimus - Female
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
May 19, 2012
Size: 3.2 mm
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I found this female on the blossom of an Achillia 'Moonshine' (Yarrow) hybrid. I found a male at the same time:

Sex deterimation is based on its glabrous pygidium, best see in its posterior view.

This image is derived from a stack of 87 images with a 28 micron step taken with a Nikon CFN 4X 0.13 NA Plan Achromat + extension tube + Nikon D300 camera, and processed with CombineZP software.

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