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Cow Killer - Dasymutilla occidentalis
Copyright © 2007 nat_gross

Cow Killer - Dasymutilla occidentalis
Arlington, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
October 26, 2007
Size: ~0.75 inch
Contributed by nat_gross on 27 September, 2008 - 12:45pm

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