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University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
 
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Photo#70644
velvet ant - Dasymutilla - female

velvet ant - Dasymutilla - Female
Shirley, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 12, 2006
Size: ~10mm

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Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.

Dasymutilla
Its probably either D. vesta or D. lepeletierii.

 
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