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Melanostoma mellinum - female
Copyright © 2014 Scott Peden

Melanostoma mellinum - Female
North Escape Rd, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
August 17, 2014
This is a gravid female, in Elks Clover aka Spikenard
It's the only one I saw this day, they use to be numerous during the summer, the drought has caused a good loss of 40% of insects over the last 4 years.

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Contributed by Scott Peden on 23 August, 2014 - 1:59am
Last updated 20 September, 2014 - 3:10am

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