Eaton Canyon Natural Area; alluvial bench ~ 1,100 ft., Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 13, 2006
Size: ~8 mm
Seems to be bee wolf time, and this looks like another Philanthus. I count 11 flagellomeres, so it should be a male. A few days ago I saw this species farther downstream in this dry wash.
Using the key to the California Philanthinae by Bohart & Grissell (Bull. of the Calif. Insect Survey, vol.19:
PDF), I arrived at P. multimaculatus. Doug Yanega (Dept.of Entomology, Entomology Research Museum, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA) confirmed the ID.
Contributed by
Hartmut Wisch on 15 September, 2006 - 12:27am
Last updated 15 August, 2008 - 1:26am