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Velvet ant

Dasymutilla quadriguttata

Photo by kcurtain
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Description:

She was running around like a maniac, so this is the best picture I could get since I had nothing to trap her with. On a footpath next to the Occoquan River.

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Spotted for Missions

Wildlife of Northern Virginia
Mission
Backyard bugs and unknown visitors of the Northeastern United States
Mission
Intense Bees and Wasps of the SouthEastern US
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PublishedJuly 5, 2013

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