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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.
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]
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.
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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.
As a matter of fact, red clay is the predominant soil type. I just got off the phone with my county extension office and he says they are indeed native here (at least the species I found, the eastern red velvet ant). Alex 21:30, 4 October 2012 (UTC) I'm in eastern Memphis, TN and saw my first Red Velvet Ant yesterday.