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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 » Common Eastern Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis)
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In My Garage - Dasymutilla occidentalis
Copyright © 2007 chc57802

In My Garage - Dasymutilla occidentalis
just west of Havelock, NC, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
August 20, 2007
Size: 1.25 inches
I would like to know what this is. I have lived here all my life and have never seen one of these before.
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Contributed by chc57802 on 25 August, 2007 - 7:38pm
Last updated 11 September, 2007 - 12:29pm

One just found in Chalmette,
One just found in Chalmette, LA, outside around 11:30 a.m., very active on sidewalk and brick exterior. Female, 2.7 cm (eyeball measurement).
… esmerldastephen, 8 September, 2011 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

OMG! I live in southeast kans
OMG! I live in southeast kansas and I have found three of these wasp in my backyard just this week. I am highly allergic to bees so I hate to think what will happen if i got stung by this lady. Does anyone know how to get rid of them?
… blondie, 6 August, 2009 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

This is a red velvet ant. t
This is a red velvet ant. t it is actually a wasp. The males have wings. The females lay eggs in bumble bee and wasp nests. The eggs hatch and eat the larva. Watch out - this lady packs a painful sting.
… Carolyn Retey, 27 August, 2007 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Do I hear an echo?
:-)
… Ron Hemberger, 27 August, 2007 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

Velvet ant
This is some type of velvet ant....
… vulgaris, 25 August, 2007 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Welcome to Bug Guide
You should also know that a velvet ant is a wasp that has quite a sting. This is a female; male has wings.
… Ron Hemberger, 25 August, 2007 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Dasymutilla occidentalis occidentalis
This is Dasymutilla occidentalis, one of the most common and easily identified velvet ants. The male has very similar coloration and is roughly the same size as the females.
… George Waldren, 26 August, 2007 - 1:31am login or register to post comments

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