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Pseudomethoca frigida
Photo#568001
Copyright © 2011
Yurika Alexander
Small Velvet Ant -
Pseudomethoca frigida
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
August 24, 2011
Size: 5mm?
Sorry for blurry image... Found on boneset leaf.
Female
Pseudomethoca frigida
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Contributed by
Yurika Alexander
on 24 August, 2011 - 5:30pm
Last updated 8 November, 2011 - 10:45am
Moved
Moved from
Velvet Ants
.
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George Waldren
, 8 November, 2011 - 10:45am
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Yes...
Due to the tooth-like processes on the back of the head.
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Jordan Gesell
, 24 August, 2011 - 8:25pm
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