Photo 107746, (c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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What

Pacific Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla aureola)

Observer

dloarie

Date

April 28, 2012

Description

Dasymutilla are actually a variety of wasp. They are known by the common name "cow killer" because of their extremely painful sting. This one was hand-carried some distance before that disturbing information was discovered.

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Don Loarie