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Philanthus sp.
About 5-6 millimeters in body length, colored as shown.
One of several specimens taking nectar from a lone, blooming saltcedar tree (Tamarix sp.) in a vast field of heavily degraded shortgrass prairie with sunflower, yucca, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
This is either Philanthus pacificus or P. multimaculatus. They cannot easily be separated in the field, or from images of wild specimens alone.
Spotted on Jun 12, 2012
Submitted on Jan 13, 2014
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