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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 » Dasymutilla bioculata
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Mutillid - Dasymutilla bioculata - female
Copyright © 2012 Kyle Schnepp

Mutillid - Dasymutilla bioculata - Female
Newton County, Indiana, USA
July 15, 2012
Size: 13 mm

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Contributed by Kyle Schnepp on 11 December, 2012 - 6:02pm
Last updated 12 December, 2012 - 6:33pm

Moved
Thanks Jordan. I may put up a few more sometime soon, not sure how many I've got.
… Kyle Schnepp, 12 December, 2012 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll identify them to the bes
I'll identify them to the best of my ability. It's good for me to ID some photos in the winter. After Mutillid season is over, my interest in them wanes and I get a little rusty.
… Jordan Gesell, 13 December, 2012 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

This one is Dasymutilla biocu
This one is Dasymutilla bioculata. The determining features (the scutellar scale and carina anterior to it) are wonderfully clear in this picture.
… Jordan Gesell, 12 December, 2012 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

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