Species Dasymutilla lepeletierii

Classification

Velvet ant - Dasymutilla lepeletierii - female

Bright Orange - Dasymutilla lepeletierii - female

large velvet ant - Dasymutilla lepeletierii - female

8008612 - Dasymutilla lepeletierii - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)

Family Mutillidae (Velvet Ants)

Genus Dasymutilla

Species lepeletierii (Dasymutilla lepeletierii)

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 7 May, 2007 - 9:27pm

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