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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 » Common Eastern Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis)
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Male Velvet Ant? - Dasymutilla occidentalis - male
Copyright © 2006 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

Male Velvet Ant? - Dasymutilla occidentalis - Male
Baton Rouge, Hilltop Arboretum, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 8, 2006
Size: body length 22.0 mm.
This appears to be a male Velvet Ant. It is similiar to others on BugGuide but we could not find a match for the color pattern.
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 11 July, 2006 - 10:02pm
Last updated 30 August, 2009 - 12:55pm

Male velvet ant?
I found the same kind with identical color patterns in my pool. I also found a female in the pool as well.
… nascarjen, 2 July, 2007 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

Yes - Cow killer male (Dasymutilla occidentalis)
Although color pattern differs slightly from that of the female, this is actually the male of the large, bright red and black, eastern species. Very nice shots of an especially fresh individual. Later, the red fur fades to a duller rusty brown.
… Richard Vernier, 12 July, 2006 - 6:22am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Richard,
Images have been moved to the guide page.
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 12 July, 2006 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

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