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Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla quadriguttata - female
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Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla quadriguttata - Female
Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 1, 2009

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Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla quadriguttata - female Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla quadriguttata - female
Contributed by Ron M. on 7 August, 2009 - 1:17pm
Last updated 28 September, 2009 - 4:21pm

Dasymutilla quadriguttata
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… George Waldren, 28 September, 2009 - 4:21pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 7 September, 2009 - 9:32am

Pretty find!
Louisiana: Land of ouchie Hymenoptera. :-P I'm probably glad I never found one down there, considering I was a kid and probably would have discovered just how painful these guys can be!
… Ashley Bradford, 7 August, 2009 - 1:42pm

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