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Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca - female
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Velvet Ant - Pseudomethoca - Female
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 30, 2006
Size: 8mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 30 April, 2006 - 10:10pm

I've been trying to get bette
I've been trying to get better at identifying mutillids, so I'll give it my best shot, I think its a pseudomethoca sp. although I'd rather have Kevin Williams confirm this. It's definitely a female though.
… William Ericson, 30 April, 2006 - 10:16pm

 
pseudomethoca sp.
William, it looks like some of the pictures on that page. Thanks.
… tom murray, 30 April, 2006 - 10:29pm

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