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Ephuta? - Timulla vagans - female
Copyright © 2010 roar

Ephuta? - Timulla vagans - Female
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 4, 2010
Size: 9mm
Found walking on the edge of a pool surrounded by cement. Is this Ephuta?

This is my first Mutillidae sighting on Pennsylvania. I have seen Dasymutilla in Delaware, but never PA.

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Ephuta? - Timulla vagans - female Ephuta? - Timulla vagans - female
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Contributed by roar on 12 July, 2010 - 6:05pm
Last updated 23 March, 2019 - 11:17am

Moved
Moved from Timulla.
… George Waldren, 23 March, 2019 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

Timulla sp.
Shape of the thorax and tergite I help to ID this one as a Timulla. Ephuta has a more oval-shaped thorax, and tergite I has both sides parallel to one another.

Moved from ID Request.
… George Waldren, 12 July, 2010 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Any way to get it to the species?
Are there any pictures I should take to get it identified?
… roar, 12 July, 2010 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Timulla and Ephuta females
are among the most difficult mutillids to identify, even with a microscope. I'm not confident based on photos, since there are several in the East that look like this.
… George Waldren, 12 July, 2010 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

 
ok
I'll leave it at genus then.
… roar, 13 July, 2010 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

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