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8008612 - Dasymutilla lepeletierii - female
Copyright © 2008 Rob Curtis

8008612 - Dasymutilla lepeletierii - Female
Sand Ridge SF, Illinois, USA
August 27, 2008
Size: ~1/2"
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 4 September, 2008 - 5:24pm
Last updated 15 October, 2008 - 10:49am

Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… George Waldren, 15 October, 2008 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

Dasymutilla lepeletierii
This species is D. lepeletierii, which is fairly widespread in the eastern USA. In the midwest, it is almost impossible to tell apart from D. bioculata, which it might be a synonym of.
… Kevin Williams, 11 September, 2008 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

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