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Clypeadon sp.
About 6-7 millimeters in body length, colored as shown.
Male wasp displaying territorial behavior in a bare sandy spot along a road in a residential neighborhood. Area also had grasses, sunflower.
Note sexual dimorphism in coloring (female is black, brick red, and ivory in color pattern).
Spotted on Aug 31, 2013
Submitted on Jan 12, 2014
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