Field notes, v504
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Arnold (Stertu). 1968 20 June Lami. N.W. OAKCA, OAKCA, Mexico superficially- probably = major pollinator of SJA Bot. #5 Asclep. smaller 9 specimens (of 12 collected) of a iridescent blue Pepest w/ orange wings had an average of ~4 pollen sacs/individual; one specimen of Lygaeid (lemipteran) (of 6 collect of that species) had one pollen sac stuck to tarsus of hind leg; and one specimen of wairy wasp (only one collected of that species) had ~12 pollen sacs (legs + abdomen). you ex. plant species. Despite great species diversity on each of plant species examined one or more dominant insect species (ie. 75 individuals on each plant examined) were conspicuous (Eg. A cauthorid (Ac.#2 SJA) on a low growing, spiny leguminaceae; a yellow-green chrysomelid (2.) SJA Acc. #1 on a solanaceae (SJA Bot. #4); a chrysome lid (2.) w/ blue-green abdomen & orange thorax+head (SJA Acc.#2) on SJA Bot.#3; (RDS Acc.#1 +SJA Acc.#2) a Lygaeid w/ blk. hourglass on dorsum + prominent blk. transverse band all on orange-red background occurring on an asclepiadaceae (SJA Bot. #5). [see chart].