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Velvet ants (Mutillidae) are a family of more than 7,000 species of wasps whose wingless females resemble large, hairy ants. Their common name velvet ant refers to their resemblance to an ant , and their dense pile of hair, which most often is bright scarlet or orange, but may also be black, white, silver, or gold.
Dasymutilla occidentalis (red velvet ant, eastern velvet ant, cow ant or cow killer) [2] [3] [4] is a species of parasitoid wasp that ranges from Connecticut to Kansas in the north and Florida to Texas in the south. Adults are mostly seen in the summer months.
Dasymutilla is a wasp genus belonging to the family Mutillidae.Their larvae are external parasites to various types of ground-nesting Hymenoptera.Most of the velvet ants in North America—the wingless females of which are conspicuous as colorful, fast, and "fuzzy" bugs—are in the genus Dasymutilla.
Dasymutilla scaevola is a species of velvet ant native to North America. [1] This species is "widely distributed and common," and is found on the eastern half of the continent. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] : 401
Velvet ant’s markings can absorb nearly all visible light, study finds. Andrew Wulfeck. December 20, 2024 at 4:33 PM. BRASILIA, Brazil – A new study has revealed the complex makeup of an ant ...
Dasymutilla pseudopappus is a species of velvet ant native to North America. [1] Dasymutilla pseudopappus is visually similar to and shares some range with Dasymutilla imperialis, Dasymutilla thetis, and Dasymutilla gloriosa. [2]
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Dasymutilla stevensii is a species of velvet ant native to North America. [1] This species is not common but is known from the drylands of the continent from North Dakota south to Guanajuato. [2]: 404–405 Some sources spell the species name with two Is; Clarence E. Mickel used one I in his original 1928 description.