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Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female
Copyright © 2011 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis - Female
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
August 27, 2011
Size: aprox. 15mm

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Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female
Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 27 August, 2011 - 12:00pm
Last updated 8 November, 2011 - 10:44am

Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… George Waldren, 8 November, 2011 - 10:44am

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