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Ripiphorus sp.
2222_2116 Photo added 2010-07-29

Ripiphorus sp. (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)
Onion Valley (west of Independence), Inyo County, California
July 14, 2010

Ovipositing on a Malacothamnus fremontii bud. Larvae of this beetle are parasites of bees.

all photos and text © Joyce Gross