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Dasymutilla asopus
Photo#435659
Copyright © 2010
Rich Kelly
Dasymutilla asopus
Roger Perry Preserve, Dutchess County, New York, USA
July 31, 2010
Size: 10 mm +/-
Looks like some of the photos of female Pseudomethoca simillima.
Found in microhabitat of loose white sand on limestone ridge.
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Contributed by
Rich Kelly
on 1 August, 2010 - 2:10pm
Last updated 22 August, 2010 - 11:29am
Moved
Moved from
Velvet Ants
.
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Rich Kelly
, 22 August, 2010 - 11:29am
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very cool
This one is
Dasymutilla asopus
. Like
Pseudomethoca
, its pretty compact and chunky for a mutillid.
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Kevin Williams
, 22 August, 2010 - 11:23am
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Thanks for the ID. Wow, a bi
Thanks for the ID.
Wow, a big BG range extension.
I'd shoot more of these, but they all look alike and they run like crazy. I saw one the other day here on Long Island, but I'm always afraid my lens will have a nervous breakdown trying to focus on them.
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Rich Kelly
, 22 August, 2010 - 11:34am
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Moved
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 13 August, 2010 - 7:42pm
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