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Robber with a fine vantage point needs to be identified - Heteropogon cirrhatus - male

Robber with a fine vantage point needs to be identified - Heteropogon cirrhatus - Male
Cleveland National Forest, near Blue Jay Campground, Orange County, California, USA
June 16, 2013
Reminds me of the Guy Clark song Like Desperados Waiting For A Train.

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Moved from Robber Flies.

Ron, this is Heteropogon cirr
Ron, this is Heteropogon cirrhatus, a male (desperado is good!).

 
Thanks a couple times, Eric.
I can't spell in either language, but I am smart enough to appreciate species IDs.

Stunner
Likely in the Holopogon or Heteropogon or some wild and crazy California related genus that Eric would know.

 
Thanks, Herschel
Hope this is the first of many new ones for me.

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