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Velvet Wasp - Dasymutilla - male
Copyright © 2004 tom murray

Velvet Wasp - Dasymutilla - Male
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 13, 2004
The image quality isn't that great, but it has a real fuzzy appearance, like a velvet wasp.
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Contributed by tom murray on 12 February, 2006 - 4:48pm
Last updated 22 February, 2006 - 6:16am

Dasymutilla
A definite Dasymutilla, likely D. vesta.
… Ronald D. Hennessey, 23 August, 2006 - 2:08am login or register to post comments

Yes.
This does appear to be a male mutillid.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 February, 2006 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Mutillidae
This is a male mutillid wasp. It could be either Dasymutilla or Pseudomethoca, but I am guessing Dasymutilla by the head shape.
… Kevin Williams, 21 February, 2006 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Kevin
Dasymutilla would make sence, since that's what the females I'm finding in that area are.
… tom murray, 22 February, 2006 - 6:17am login or register to post comments

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