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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 » Thistledown Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla gloriosa)
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Dasymutilla gloriosa? - Dasymutilla gloriosa - female
Copyright © 2009 Arlene Ripley

Dasymutilla gloriosa? - Dasymutilla gloriosa - Female
Dragoon Mts. foothills west, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
May 24, 2009
Size: approx. 10mm
Based on photos already on BugGuide, I think these photos are of Dasymutilla gloriosa, but I'd like confirmation.

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Dasymutilla gloriosa? - Dasymutilla gloriosa - female Dasymutilla gloriosa? - Dasymutilla gloriosa - female Dasymutilla gloriosa? - Dasymutilla gloriosa - female
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Contributed by Arlene Ripley on 24 May, 2009 - 1:11pm
Last updated 24 May, 2009 - 9:33pm

Yes!
Thistledown Velvet Ant! Great shot!
… Breanna Lyle, 24 May, 2009 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.......
for the ID confirmation, Breanna.
… Arlene Ripley, 24 May, 2009 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

Primo! Velvet ant Arlene
at 10 mm these shots are amazing!
… Lynette Elliott, 24 May, 2009 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Guess......
....it was my lucky day with Velvet Ants. Usually they're moving too fast for good close-ups.
… Arlene Ripley, 24 May, 2009 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

neat find, and photos
What a cool velvet ant, and your macro is great! Nice shooting.
… Andrew Williams, 24 May, 2009 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.....
...Andy. Got lucky!
… Arlene Ripley, 24 May, 2009 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

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