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Dianthidium - male
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Dianthidium - Male
Off Angeles Crest Highway, ~6500 ft, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 18, 2006
Size: ~8mm
On Machaeranthera canescens.

I wonder whether this is in the tribe Anthidiini, perhaps Dianthidium?

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 13 February, 2007 - 12:39pm
Last updated 3 February, 2008 - 8:34am

Nice find!
Nice find!
… Sean McCann, 14 February, 2007 - 10:50am

yes, Dianthidium s.str.
male

species ID may be difficult
… John S. Ascher, 13 February, 2007 - 1:47pm

 
Thanks John,
I thought about a couple of possibilities (ulkei, and parvum -just guesses), but I understand that I'll need an actual specimen for species ID.
… Hartmut Wisch, 13 February, 2007 - 2:09pm

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