Life On A Quarter Acre

Crabro latipes
LL=s_id OT species

BugGuide: \"The male\'s front tibiae are greatly expanded into shields. He covers the female\'s eyes with those things during mating. The plates don\'t blind her, but apparently filter light in such a way that she recognizes this is a male of her own species.\" Comment by Eric Eaton.

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Observed on 27 May 2020.