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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) » Dasymutilla » Dasymutilla quadriguttata
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Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla quadriguttata
Copyright © 2007 Margaret Zambrano

Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla quadriguttata
Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
May 5, 2007
Size: ~ 10 mm
A co-worker saw this ant climbing around on a large cottonwood tree. She thought it was colorful and interesting and took a photo for me. I figured it wouldn't be too hard to track down, especially since it's got a distinct pattern.
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Contributed by Aaron Goodwin on 12 May, 2007 - 11:18pm
Last updated 3 September, 2007 - 8:28pm

D. quadriguttata
I'm very certain this is D. quadriguttata, it was in the right place before. This is a common species in my area.

Moved from Dasymutilla.
… George Waldren, 3 September, 2007 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dasymutilla.
… Aaron Goodwin, 13 May, 2007 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dasymutilla quadriguttata.
… Aaron Goodwin, 13 May, 2007 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

There are a good deal of dasy
There are a good deal of dasymutilla that have the same color pattern and usually you have to have the specimen in hand to ID it. If Kevin Williams IDs this, then I would move it to species but I'd leave it in genus for now. although I do believe its in the correct geographic location. :)
… William Ericson, 13 May, 2007 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

Velvet Ant - A wasp, not an ant.
My guess would be Dasymutilla quadriguttata. Compare with existing image in guide.
… Stephen Luk, 12 May, 2007 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
Thank you for the swift ID. I never saw the animal, so all I had to go on was my friend's photo. Hopefully I can catch sight of a few and get some shots.
… Aaron Goodwin, 12 May, 2007 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

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