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22/08/2007

Cow Killer (Dasymutillia sp.)

Pakowki Dunes, Alberta, Canada

A wingless, parasitic wasp, of the so-called Velvet Ants (Mutillidae), which got its common name because its sting apparently is so severe it can kill a cow!

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