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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.
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 creon is a species of velvet ant found in North America. [1] Specimens have been collected from Kansas south to Texas and as far east as North Carolina. [ 2 ]
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
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 leda is a species of velvet ant native to North America. [1] Found in the central United States from South Dakota to Texas, only females have been collected by scientists but "distribution and coloration suggest that D. myrice may be the male of this species."
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.