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Pacific Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla aureola)
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Copyright © 2014
Jordan Landerman
Red Velvet Ant -
Dasymutilla aureola
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San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
May 15, 2013
Size: 8mm
Captured on California Polytechnic State University campus, walking on a dirt trail in a field. Just to be safe, I will let the experts make the final call on species.
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Contributed by
Jordan Landerman
on 1 October, 2014 - 4:21am
Last updated 24 November, 2014 - 12:19pm
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, 24 November, 2014 - 12:19pm
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