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Scoliid wasp - Colpa alcione - female
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Scoliid wasp - Colpa alcione - Female
Chico Basin Ranch (southern end of Payton Highway), Pueblo County, Colorado, USA
August 5, 2013
Size: ~20-22 millimeters
Nectaring on a milkweed adjacent to an artificial wetland. Native landscape is degraded shortgrass prairie dominated by cholla cacti.

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Scoliid wasp - Colpa alcione - female Scoliid wasp - Colpa alcione - female Scoliid wasp - Colpa alcione - female
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 4 February, 2014 - 5:32pm
Last updated 12 February, 2014 - 9:12am

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