Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
A female eastern velvet ant As is the case for all aculeates , only female mutillids are capable of inflicting a sting. The stinger is a modified female organ called an ovipositor , which is unusually long and maneuverable in mutillids.
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.
Velvet ant’s markings can absorb nearly all visible light, study finds. Andrew Wulfeck. December 20, 2024 at 4:33 PM. BRASILIA, Brazil – A new study has revealed the complex makeup of an ant ...
Dasymutilla scaevola is a species of velvet ant native to North America. [1] This species is "widely distributed and common," and is found on the eastern half of the continent. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] : 401
Dasymutilla munifica is a species of velvet ant found in eastern and southern Mexico, and throughout Central America. [1] [2] This species was first described by Frederick Smith in 1879. [3] It is nearly identical to Dasymutilla proclea "except for coloration". [2]: 326
Dasymutilla foxi is a species of velvet ant found in Mexico and the southwestern United States. [1] [2] Dasymutilla foxi is locally common, and "setal coloration is highly variable; each of the body segments varies from whitish to reddish, and most eastern populations (Colorado, Kansas, Texas) have a black setal patch on the mesosoma."
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]