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The eastern velvet ant is the largest of the velvet ant species in the eastern United States, attaining an approximate length of 0.75 in (1.9 cm). Adults display aposematic coloration , consisting of black overall coloring with an orange-red pattern on the dorsal surface of the thorax and abdomen.
Dasymutilla montivagoides is a species of velvet ant native to North America. [1] The species is found in the central United States, specifically Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas. [ 2 ] : 390–391
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 nigripes is a species of velvet ant native to North America. [1] This species is widespread throughout the United States and is also found in Alberta in Canada. [ 2 ] : 391–392
Dasymutilla magnifica, also known as the magnificent velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant found in Mojave and Sonoran deserts, and in the Arizona mountains, in the Great Basin region of North America.
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.
Found in south-central North America from Utah to Puebla, it is the most commonly encountered velvet ant in Texas. [1]: 84 Velvet ants are actually parasitic wasps, among the species used by D. klugii used to incubate their young are cicada-killer wasps (Sphecius grandis). [1]: 84 The specific name honors German entomologist Johann C. F. Klug.
Dasymutilla coccineohirta is a species of velvet ant found in North America. [1] Coloration of the "fuzz" on the females is variable, ranging from red to white. [2] It is found along the Pacific coast as far north as Washington and Idaho and as far south as Baja California state. [1] [2]