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Dasymutilla occidentalis
Females recognized by large size, bold black-and-orange pattern, thorax longer than wide, tip of abdomen has no hair. Hair on dorsal surface may be yellowish, orange, or dull red. Underside is all jet black. Up close, the tips of the middle and hind femora are rounded.
Climbing a Hackberry tree.
Spotted on May 1, 2013
Submitted on May 7, 2013
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