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Scientific Name: Synanthedon polygoni
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Common Name: Buckwheat Root Borer
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Family: Sesiidae
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Description: One of two specimens of this species collected by Brandon Watts, a student at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, by sweep-netting over grasses and shrubs in along a route that started in the non-native grassland west of the entry drive and continued along the path by the Foothill Blvd fence to College Avenue. Field notes state that the weather was bright and sunny with temperatures in the high 70s to 80s F. Collected between 12:00 noon and 4:00 p.m.
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Notes: Date shown is date collected. Photograph taken on 4 September 2014.
Identity confirmed by Joshua Gilbert at Butterflies and Moths of North America.
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Location: Bernard Field Station
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Photo Type: Animal--Insect
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Photographer: Nancy Hamlett
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Date Taken: 2014-04-19
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Upload Date: 2014-09-18 22:30:15
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