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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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    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]

  4. Dasymutilla gloriosa - Wikipedia

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    Dasymutilla gloriosa, sometimes referred to as the thistledown velvet ant, [1] [2] is a member of the genus Dasymutilla. Only females are wingless, as in other mutillids . Compared to other mutillids, it is mid-sized, being larger than some of the smallest known species like Dasymutilla vesta but smaller than some of the largest known species ...

  5. Dasymutilla sackenii - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Liometopum occidentale - Wikipedia

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    Liometopum occidentale, also called the velvety tree ant, [1] is a species of ant in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Liometopum occidentale is often mistaken for carpenter ants ( Camponotus spp.) by homeowners and pest management professionals.

  7. Are the ants marching into your Kansas City home? Here ... - AOL

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    Ants want to shelter from the pounding raindrops, but their underground colonies can get flooded. They also can be swept away in the downpour, since ants, like most insects, can float.

  8. 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.

  9. Timulla ferrugata - Wikipedia

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    Timulla ferrugata is a species of velvet ant, of the Timulla genus, the species lives in the southeastern United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The species has an orange color on almost all of its body, the beak and rear are brown and dark orange.