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Four-spotted Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla quadriguttata)
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Copyright © 2007
Jeff Hollenbeck
Velvet ant -
Dasymutilla quadriguttata
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Bluefield Ranch, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
May 21, 2007
Size: BL 13mm
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Contributed by
Jeff Hollenbeck
on 25 May, 2007 - 9:47pm
Last updated 11 March, 2010 - 11:39pm
Moved
Moved from
Dasymutilla mutata
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George Waldren
, 11 March, 2010 - 11:39pm
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this is the male D.mutata. it
this is the male D.mutata. its strange that he would be going after the D.occidentalis.
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William Ericson
, 30 May, 2007 - 8:16pm
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Could
it be the cow killer had not yet been fertilized, and the mutata female was?
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Jeff Hollenbeck
, 30 May, 2007 - 10:16pm
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species do some times try to
species do some times try to mate with eachother, but of course nothing comes of it. you could be right though. judging by the size, that must have been a huge male mutata.
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William Ericson
, 30 May, 2007 - 11:30pm
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