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Zoom! - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female
Copyright © 2012 john and jane balaban

Zoom! - Dasymutilla occidentalis - Female
Five Rivers, Spanish Fort, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
July 27, 2012
This was zooming around in the duff and was much bigger than we expected. It was probably an inch in length. We're assuming this is a female, is that correct? Is this Dasymutilla occidentalis? gathering_2012

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 5 August, 2012 - 9:16pm
Last updated 6 August, 2012 - 2:27pm

Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… john and jane balaban, 6 August, 2012 - 2:27pm

Correct and correct!
Correct and correct!
… Jordan Gesell, 6 August, 2012 - 10:35am

 
Dasymutilla occidentalis
Please,how can you tell this is not a male (other than its not having wings)? Thought the female much smaller than male but hard to tell in singles photos.
… Keith Carter, 13 September, 2013 - 8:46pm

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