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Bedding down for the evening - Cysteodemus armatus
Copyright © 2014 Aaron Schusteff

Bedding down for the evening - Cysteodemus armatus
Southeast side of Cave Mountain, between Afton Canyon and Zzyxx, San Bernardino County, California, USA
April 4, 2014
This one was settling down for the evening, getting ready to bivouac overnight hanging from a flower of pebble pincushion (Chaenactis carphoclinia).

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 13 April, 2014 - 9:33pm

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