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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.
The stridulatory organ that velvet ants possess produces an audible squeaking when the abdomen is contracted. [15] This mechanism is an auditory cue warning predators that are about to attack to stay away. In one experiment, every time a shrew got within 1 meter of a velvet ant, the velvet ant would begin stridulating. [12]
Dasymutilla sackenii, also known as Sacken's velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant, actually a type of wasp. [1] It is found in Oregon, California, Nevada, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] : 399 As with most velvet ants, the males have wings and the females are wingless.
Dasymutilla thetis, also known as the minute thistledown velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant known only from Arizona in North America. [1] It was first described by Charles A. Blake [ species ] as Sphaerophthalma thetis in 1886. [ 2 ]
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Liometopum occidentale, also called the velvety tree ant, [1] is a species of ant in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Liometopum occidentale is often mistaken for carpenter ants ( Camponotus spp.) by homeowners and pest management professionals.
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English: A female velvet ant (Nemka viduata viduata) (Pallas, 1773) looks for a nest of a sand wasp (Bembix oculata) in which to deposit her eggs. Filmed near San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy, on a sandy bank in the coastal Pineata.