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Velvet Ant

Timulla barbigera

Photo by PaulPiro
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Velvet Ant - Timulla barbigera - BugGuide.Net

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Comments (5)
PaulPiro
Thank you! And yes it was hard to catch.
Aaron_G
Nice shots of an animal that never slows down for a photo. :-)
PaulPiro
I will take a look! Thank you! This is very interesting.
Gordon Dietzman
This is a velvet ant. Take a look at this page and see what you think and perhaps you can narrow the ID further. http://bugguide.net/node/view/13119/bgpage
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2013

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