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Subfamily Sphaeropthalminae

Dasymutillini · Ephutini · Pseudomethocini · Nocturnal Velvet Ants and Allies

Tribe Dasymutillini
bright red bug found in NJ forest - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female Dasymutilla occidentalis - Dasymutilla occidentalis - female Mutillidae - Dasymutilla quadriguttata Mutillidae - Dasymutilla - female Dasymutilla magnifica - Dasymutilla - female Velvet ant, posterior - Dasymutilla montivagoides - female Dasymutilla montivagoides Dasymutilla cirrhomeris - female

Tribe Ephutini
Ephuta argenticeps - female Ephuta - female Cute little ant-mimic - Ephuta Ephuta - Ephuta Velvet Ant - Ephuta - female Unknown Wasp - Ephuta velvet ant? - Ephuta Last Mountain Lake Ephuta conchate - Ephuta conchate - female

Tribe Pseudomethocini
Velvet ant of some kind? - Pseudomethoca frigida pseudomethoca vanduzeii - Pseudomethoca wickhami - male Pseudomethoca oceola - male Mutillidae - Pseudomethoca? - Pseudomethoca bequaerti - female velvet ant - Pseudomethoca simillima What is this insect? - Pseudomethoca praeclara Hymenoptera - Pseudomethoca toumeyi Loomis-J.2023-03 - Pseudomethoca athamas - male

Tribe Sphaeropthalmini - Nocturnal Velvet Ants and Allies
6024628 Bradynobaenidae? - Dilophotopsis stenognatha Unknown Velvet Ant from CA Sphaeropthalma? - female Mutillidae - male Black Tail Red Velvet Ants - Lateral - Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica Odontophotopsis sp. at UV light set up - Odontophotopsis Orange Mojave pitfall wasp - male Protophotopsis venenaria - female


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