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2. Dasymutilla occidentalis - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Velvet ant - Wikipedia

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   Mating pair. 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.

4. Dasymutilla - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Army ant - Wikipedia

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   The Neotropical army ant Eciton burchellii has an estimated 350 to 500 animal associates, the most of any one species known to science. [31] It has been speculated that the nocturnal foraging of some army ant species is done to reduce kleptoparasitism by birds, since the bird kleptoparasites of army ants are diurnal. [12]

6. Raid (insecticide) - Wikipedia

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   As of 2019 Raid Ant & Roach Killer contains pyrethroids, imiprothrin, and cypermethrin; [3] other products contain tetramethrin and prallethrin as active ingredients. [4] Raid Flying Insect Killer, a spray, uses piperonyl butoxide and D-phenothrin. [5] The brand was sold as Ridsect for Malaysian market.

7. Oecophylla smaragdina - Wikipedia

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   In some parts of this ant's range, colonies are used as a natural form of pest control. Crops that have been protected in this way have included cowpea, [12] cashew, citrus, mango, coconut, cocoa and coffee. [13] The oldest written record of the use of these ants to control pests is their use in China in 304 AD to control pests in citrus. [13]