Photo 1810, (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda

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Associated observations

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What

Pacific Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla aureola)

Observer

kueda

Date

February 3, 2007 05:18 PM PST

Description

~1 cm long, observed near Lafayette, CA. An older guide of mine describes this species as Dasymutilla coccineohirta. Can anyone tell me if this name is still valid, and/or if there are other red/orange Dasymutilla in the San Francisco Bay Area?

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