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Giant red ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female
Copyright © 2007 Ryan Berry

Giant red ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis - Female
Pacolet, cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
July 14, 2007
I have asked around in town and some people have called this ant a cow killer

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Giant red ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female Giant red ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female Giant red ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female Giant red ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female
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Contributed by Ryan Berry on 23 July, 2008 - 10:10pm
Last updated 7 August, 2008 - 4:38pm

Moved
Moved from Cow Killer.
… Ron M., 7 August, 2008 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

That's it.
That's what it is called in my Audubon Society insect book as well. It's in the Velvet Ant family Mutillidae.
… BeeBee, 23 July, 2008 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

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