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Mutillid sp - Dasymutilla archboldi - female
Copyright © 2008 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Mutillid sp - Dasymutilla archboldi - Female
Highlands, Highlands County, Florida, USA
March 21, 2008
Size: 6mm
This is a small Mutillid that I found in xeric sand-scrub consisting of oak and palmetto in Highlands County north of Okechobee. I don't know what genus or subfamily that it is in. My hope is that it's not something you see every day.

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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 29 March, 2008 - 10:36pm
Last updated 30 June, 2020 - 8:10pm

Dasymutilla sp.
The genus is Dasymutilla. I'm going to say D. archboldi due to the bulging eyes, golden pubescence on the head, narrow scutellar scale, along with a few other characters.

The holotype and most paratypes of this species were found in Highlands County as well.
… George Waldren, 30 March, 2008 - 2:52am login or register to post comments

 
I concur
I agree with George's ID. Great detail on these pictures!
… Kevin Williams, 30 March, 2008 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
They were really common in the place I was. I just happened to look down and realize the "ant" was a bit too big and hairy! I managed to get a couple of them using an aspirator
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 30 March, 2008 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

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