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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 » Sacken's Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla sackenii)
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Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla sackenii
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla sackenii
Riley Wilderness Park, Coto De Caza, Orange County, California, USA
August 2, 2006
I've seen yellow and red velvet ants in about the same place. They're different species, right?

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Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla sackenii Dasymutilla sackenii? - Dasymutilla sackenii Dasymutilla sackenii? - Dasymutilla sackenii
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 3 August, 2006 - 7:07pm
Last updated 8 August, 2006 - 7:33pm

Moved...
to species page. It seems like the best fit, although I'm not an authority on Mutillids and there may be look-alike species. If an expert comes through they may have something different to say, but I think it's in the right place.
… Nick Fensler, 8 August, 2006 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Nick
I've cleaned up the headline so it avoids duplication.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 August, 2006 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

velvet ant?
Yes this looks like another type of velvet ant, which is actually a wasp (vespidae?). And likely a different species than red velvet ants.
… bulrush, 4 August, 2006 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

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