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Philanthus ventilabris
Roughly 12 millimeters in body length, male slightly smaller. Female is black marked with white and ivory. Male is black marked with yellow.
Mating pair found on a blooming saltcedar tree (Tamarix sp.) in a vast field of heavily degraded shortgrass prairie with sunflower, yucca, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
Spotted on Jun 12, 2012
Submitted on Jan 13, 2014
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