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Velvet ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis
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Velvet ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis
Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
July 29, 2008

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Contributed by Catfish on 29 July, 2008 - 4:34pm
Last updated 14 August, 2008 - 5:16pm

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