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Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Sphaeropthalmini)
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Copyright © 2012
Derek Uhey
Mutillidae Sphaerophthalma? -
Big Gypsum Valley, San Miguel, Colorado County, Colorado, USA
June 10, 2012
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Contributed by
Derek Uhey
on 21 June, 2012 - 1:35am
Last updated 11 November, 2020 - 12:33pm
Moved
Moved from
nocturnal Sphaeropthalminae
.
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 11 November, 2020 - 12:33pm
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Moved
Moved from
Velvet Ants
.
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George Waldren
, 12 July, 2012 - 2:04pm
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Moved
Moved from
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John F. Carr
, 26 June, 2012 - 8:01pm
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This is a female belonging in
This is a female belonging in one of the nocturnal genera. It probably isn't ID'able but we've got good people on here.
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Jordan Gesell
, 25 June, 2012 - 7:20pm
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pretty sure
its Sphaeropthalma arota
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Derek Uhey
, 16 October, 2012 - 7:31pm
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This one likely can't be ID'd from a photo
or potentially even the specimen. Your best bet would be to run a light at night, collect males and have those identified. Males, while still little known, are much more easily identified than females. The majority of the 200+ nocturnal species in the southwest are based only on the male. Only two dozen or so females have been associated with their correct male.
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George Waldren
, 18 October, 2012 - 3:28pm
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heres the male
http://bugguide.net/node/view/702898
Dr. Pitts IDed these to arota
I also have better female pictures up somewhere as well,http://bugguide.net/node/view/702891
Thanks!
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Derek Uhey
, 18 October, 2012 - 4:34pm
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Excellent!
In that case, I would definitely go ahead and move the photos identified by him to the correct pages.
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George Waldren
, 18 October, 2012 - 4:40pm
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awesome!
Thanks, good to add to image base for these guys
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Derek Uhey
, 18 October, 2012 - 4:46pm
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