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Common Name:
Velvet Ant

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Aculeata
Infraorder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Mutillidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Dasymutilla nigripes?

Hodges No:

Location:
Ward Pound Ridge
Cross River, NY
USA

Date: 4/9/11

Stage: Adult
Sex: Female
Notes:

Dasymutilla nigripes? Mutillidae
Velvet Ant
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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