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Dasymutilla californica? - Dasymutilla aureola - female
Copyright © 2007 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Dasymutilla californica? - Dasymutilla aureola - Female
Bannister Park, Sacramento County, California, USA
December 27, 2007
Size: 1.5cm or so
I think this is Dasymutilla californica, the projection of the black into the abdomen looks more like it than D. aureola
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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 30 December, 2007 - 11:51pm

Moved
Moved from Dasymutilla aureola.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 31 December, 2007 - 12:40am login or register to post comments

this is Dasymutilla aureola p
this is Dasymutilla aureola pacifica, same as the yellow version.
… William Ericson, 31 December, 2007 - 12:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Will
Thanks Will
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 31 December, 2007 - 12:35am login or register to post comments

 
Nice!
That big, broad head is fairly diagnostic.
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 December, 2007 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

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