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Mutillid - Dasymutilla aureola - female
Copyright © 2006 Hartmut Wisch

Mutillid - Dasymutilla aureola - Female
Wagon Road Canyon area, near Lockwood Valley Road; elev. ~4800 feet., Kern County, California, USA
May 19, 2006
Looks similar to Dasymutilla coccinea in Hogue ((1)), but this may be an outward resemblance.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 21 August, 2006 - 4:59pm
Last updated 9 October, 2020 - 5:05pm

Moved
Moved from Dasymutilla aureola pacifica.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 9 October, 2020 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dasymutilla aureola.
… Hartmut Wisch, 25 August, 2006 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dasymutilla.
… Hartmut Wisch, 24 August, 2006 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

I can't tell from this photo
I can't tell from this photo to well, but I actually think it is Dasymutilla Aureola Var. Pacifica.
… William Ericson, 21 August, 2006 - 11:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, William,
If D. aureola var. pacifica, what is the description for this sp./ssp., and does it occur in the Western Transverse Ranges of CA?
… Hartmut Wisch, 23 August, 2006 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes it does. Its head should
Yes it does. Its head should be larger than the thorax, instead of smaller and it should be red in color to be D. aureola pacifica.
… William Ericson, 23 August, 2006 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the information. I've added another shot of the same specimen, but I can't tell whether it's larger.
… Hartmut Wisch, 23 August, 2006 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes I am sure that this is da
Yes I am sure that this is dasymutilla Aureola pacifica. The ones I collected were on arlinton mountain in Santa barbra. D.coccinea has a smaller head than the thorax. I'm going to double check the key and see if I can get some more characterristics besides the smaller head.
… William Ericson, 23 August, 2006 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Now I'm confused-
In your comment above, the head should be larger than the thorax. Now you say that D. coccinea has a smaller head than the thorax. Which do you mean?
… Hartmut Wisch, 24 August, 2006 - 1:20am login or register to post comments

 
D.aureola has a larger head t
D.aureola has a larger head than the thorax, while D.coccinea has a smaller head then the thorax.
… William Ericson, 24 August, 2006 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

 
D. aureola
When you say larger, do you mean wider than the thorax, or overall larger? See also Ronald D. Hennessey's comments with the accompanying photo.
… Hartmut Wisch, 24 August, 2006 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

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