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Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla quadriguttata
Copyright © 2007 Arlene Ripley

Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla quadriguttata
Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Glendening Preserve, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
September 23, 2006
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Contributed by Arlene Ripley on 27 January, 2007 - 4:58pm
Last updated 12 March, 2010 - 12:03am

Dasymutilla quadriguttata
All mentioned species were synonymized under D. quadriguttata -- see info page.

Moved from Dasymutilla.
… George Waldren, 12 March, 2010 - 12:03am login or register to post comments

this is definitely dasymutill
this is definitely dasymutilla. it could possibly D. mutata, or cypris, but I was talking with an expert Kevin williams and he said that its probably a color variation of one of them. we'd need to do DNA testing to find out.
… William Ericson, 27 January, 2007 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks ...
very much!
… Arlene Ripley, 27 January, 2007 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

 
this is truley an amazing mut
this is truley an amazing mutillid, neither Kevin or I have seen a color variation like this, its a very interesting specimen.
… William Ericson, 27 January, 2007 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

 
As I recall,
there were quite a few of these where I took the photo. I could look for them again next year and get more photos or a specimen for DNA testing.
… Arlene Ripley, 27 January, 2007 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I think Utah might be interes
I think Utah might be interested some specimens. All the species mentioned might be variations of a species called D. quadrigutta. they haven't gotten around to comparing their DNA yet apparently.
… William Ericson, 28 January, 2007 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

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