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Ephuta? - Timulla vagans -

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

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

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

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

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

ok

I'll leave it at genus then.

… roar, 13 July, 2010 - 7:55am

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