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Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca contumax - female
Copyright © 2007 kathycsus

Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca contumax - Female
Brownsville (Sierra Nevada Mtns), Yuba County, California, USA
May 11, 2007
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Contributed by kathycsus on 9 August, 2008 - 9:09pm
Last updated 10 August, 2008 - 1:39pm

thanks -- what a treat!
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… v belov, 10 August, 2008 - 11:43pm login or register to post comments

Very Interesting!!!
This is Pseudomethoca contumax. I have never seen females from the Western side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. If you collected the specimen, it would be very interesting to try to get DNA from it for biogeographical studies.
… Kevin Williams, 10 August, 2008 - 1:29am login or register to post comments

 
Wow! But no, she was just a
Wow! But no, she was just a catch-photograph-release project. She's out running free under my front porch, I assume. =) But thanks for the ID!
… kathycsus, 10 August, 2008 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

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