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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Velvet Ants (Mutillidae) » Sphaeropthalminae » Dasymutillini » Dasymutilla » Sacken's Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla sackenii)
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Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla sackenii - female
Copyright © 2009 Ron Hemberger

Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla sackenii - Female
Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, California, USA
June 25, 2009
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 29 June, 2009 - 7:20pm

White fuzzy ones...
Nice image, Ron! Around my place there seems to be a really healthy population of various species of Mutillidae, in varying shades of red/orange and some with nifty patterns, but I have yet to be able to find one of these great-looking guys.
… Harsi S. Parker, 30 June, 2009 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

 
This one was fairly simple to shoot - large and easy to herd
I haven't seen any patterned ones, yet. Need to get some ground-level shots of these.
… Ron Hemberger, 30 June, 2009 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

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