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This is the most precious capture I got in the Macin Mountains.

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Ciao
Adrian

It's fantastic, a very nice anthaxia,

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Effe Esse

This is the 2nd specimen I collected and the first female.

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Ciao
Adrian

Are you sure? For me is an male.

Franco

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Effe Esse

I have seen a big abdomen and the other specimen I have is slender viewtopic.php?f=73&t=20907&hilit=candens.
It seems I was erroneous with my 2nd specimen. Thank you for updated me.

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Ciao
Adrian

Last year I have insert photos of two females, collect in North-East Italy,

viewtopic.php?f=73&t=5295

females are easily distinguished by the wide abdomen
and especially for the coloring blue background
more or less dark rather than green, tipycal for males.
I have never seen in the wild females green.

Bye
Franco

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Effe Esse

I see now. Thank you again. It is a really very rare species here.

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Ciao
Adrian

Sorry, but the date is wrong: 28 may 2012???

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Io una volta usavo il DDT contro gli insetti. Poi lo hanno vietato perché provoca il cancro. Io invece continuo ad usarlo, perché non mi frega un ciufolo di come muoiono...

Penso che maschio e femmina si possano riconoscere anche dalla forma delle tibie mediane e posteriori.

Come dice Matteo, la data è evidentemente errata. Forse 28.IV.2012?

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Maurizio Gigli
http://utenti.romascuola.net/bups
http://bup.xoom.it/

Oops, yes 28.IV. please correct it!

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Ciao
Adrian