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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
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velvet ant? - Dasymutilla
Copyright © 2009 Mark Moran

velvet ant? - Dasymutilla
Occoquan Regional Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 17, 2009
Size: approx 1 inch
For some reason this doesn't feel right for a velvet ant. Any thoughts or suggestions of where to look?
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Contributed by Mark Moran on 19 July, 2009 - 6:10pm
Last updated 17 August, 2009 - 6:38pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Schneider, 17 August, 2009 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

Dasymutilla sp.
Almost all the eastern Dasymutilla males have this color pattern (10+ species), and usually cannot be identified from a photo.
… George Waldren, 21 July, 2009 - 12:22am login or register to post comments

Male velvet ant.
This is indeed a male velvet ant. Not sure of genus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 July, 2009 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Mydas Flies (Mydidae)?
Does not look like a velvet ant to me.
Just an opinion.
Wait for an "official" ruling.

John
… John Hartgerink, 19 July, 2009 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

Dasymutilla
check out the Dasymutilla...
… dmelius, 19 July, 2009 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

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