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Yellow Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla eminentia - female
Copyright © 2012 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Yellow Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla eminentia - Female
San Pedro River Valley, SE of San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
July 21, 2011
I wonder if this is Dasymutilla eminentia; Sonoran desert area, elev 2600 feet

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Yellow Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla eminentia - female Yellow Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla eminentia - female
Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 28 March, 2012 - 4:11pm
Last updated 28 March, 2012 - 9:18pm

Dasymutilla eminentia
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… George Waldren, 28 March, 2012 - 9:18pm

 
Thanks
I can't tell you how nice it is to have someone with experience review these photos, it's very difficult to be sure as an amateur. I appreciate your help.
… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 29 March, 2012 - 11:01am

 
Anytime
I'm happy to help.
… George Waldren, 30 March, 2012 - 10:13pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 March, 2012 - 5:53pm

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