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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.
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 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, ...
Dasymutilla flammifera is a species of velvet ant found along the Pacific coast of North America and inland to Idaho and Arizona. [1] [2]This species was first described by American entomologist Clarence E. Mickel in 1928.
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]
Velvet ants (Traumatomutilla bifurca) photo. Ultra-black materials are considered to be rare in nature but have been seen on species such as peacock, spiders and butterflies.
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 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 as Sphaerophthalma thetis in 1886. [2] Individuals are about 7 mm long. [1] Females are "clothed entirely with ivory-white setae." [3]: 405