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Image 821 - Pseudomethoca
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Image 821 - Pseudomethoca
Burgaw, Pender County, S.E.N.C. County, North Carolina, USA
July 9, 2006
Size: 3/8"
Contributed by SNAKEGUYBILL on 9 July, 2006 - 9:49pm
Last updated 25 June, 2007 - 11:27am

Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… George Waldren, 25 June, 2007 - 11:27am

Female Mutillid wasp
Cow killer = Velvet ant.
… Adalbert Goertz, 9 July, 2006 - 10:03pm

 
I think it might be a pseudom
I think it might be a pseudomethoca sp.
… William Ericson, 10 July, 2006 - 12:44am

 
Definietely Pseudomethoca
Good call Will. Probably P. simillima but could be another species.
… Kevin Williams, 24 August, 2006 - 5:19pm

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