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Mutillid - Dasymutilla aureola - female
Copyright © 2006 Hartmut Wisch

Mutillid - Dasymutilla aureola - Female
Wagon Road Canyon area, near Lockwood Valley Road; elev. ~4800 feet., Kern County, California, USA
May 19, 2006
This image is of the same specimen, briefly chilled for this photo.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 23 August, 2006 - 11:28pm
Last updated 25 August, 2006 - 2:19pm

Moved
Moved from Dasymutilla aureola.
… Hartmut Wisch, 25 August, 2006 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dasymutilla.
… Hartmut Wisch, 24 August, 2006 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Dasymutilla
The color pattern with the head wider than the thorax suggests Dasymutilla aurifera, although your specimen is much brighter red than most aurifera I've seen.
… Ronald D. Hennessey, 24 August, 2006 - 1:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ronald,
for the information. I'll go with D. aurifera for now.
… Hartmut Wisch, 24 August, 2006 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

 
D. aureloa var. pacifica
This species is the red variety of D. aureola, they are only separated by color and a few minor and variable characters.
… Kevin Williams, 24 August, 2006 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

 
D. aureola var. pacifica
Thanks, Kevin, for the ID and clarifying information.
… Hartmut Wisch, 24 August, 2006 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

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