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Cow Killer - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female
Copyright © 2008 Robert Lord Zimlich

Cow Killer - Dasymutilla occidentalis - Female
Spanish Fort, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
August 27, 2008
Size: 18mm
Looks like a Cow Killer to me.
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 3 February, 2009 - 3:15pm
Last updated 22 October, 2009 - 7:31am

Dasymutilla occidentalis, female
Right on!
… George Waldren, 3 February, 2009 - 4:19pm

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