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Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
October 19, 2009
Definitely in genus Timulla. I suspect because of Gulf Coast fauna, it is T. floridensis. Any confirmations or suggestions.

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 20 October, 2009 - 6:27am
Last updated 22 October, 2009 - 1:25pm

Dasymutilla sp.
Petiolate abdomen, round eyes, mesosoma shape make this Dasymutilla.

Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… George Waldren, 22 October, 2009 - 1:27am login or register to post comments

 
Good To Know
George,
I was just looking at the banded abdomen, thinking this one did not look like my other Dasymutilla



Thanks for the early morning education, which I will add to my notebook.
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 October, 2009 - 7:35am login or register to post comments

 
Happy to help
D. occidentalis is the only "furry" velvet ant in the East. The rest are all pretty much bare (including other genera).
… George Waldren, 22 October, 2009 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

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