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Velvet ant - Dasymutilla klugii
Copyright © 2007 crispin

Velvet ant - Dasymutilla klugii
San Patricio, San Patricio County, Texas, USA
August 16, 2007
Looks like it's from the Genus Dasymutilla. Help ID?

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Contributed by crispin on 1 October, 2007 - 8:05pm
Last updated 1 October, 2007 - 9:47pm

Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… crispin, 1 October, 2007 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

Nice images (butt*erfly too)
These are particularly tough to shoot.
… Ron Hemberger, 1 October, 2007 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
And you're absolutely right. I chased this thing round and round a ten square foot patch of ground and must have taken thirty or more pictures before I finally accepted defeat.
… crispin, 1 October, 2007 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Defeat? I think you won!
:-)
… Ron Hemberger, 2 October, 2007 - 12:52am login or register to post comments

 
Size?
If the specimen was around 1" or more, then it is certainly Dasymutilla klugii.

There are a few smaller species in Texas such as D. melanippe, D. nupera, and D. klugioides that are similar.

Nice pictures and specimen!!
… George Waldren, 1 October, 2007 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, 1" or more
This individual was at least an inch long. Thanks for the ID.
… crispin, 1 October, 2007 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

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