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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 » Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Sphaeropthalmini) » Sphaeropthalma » Sphaeropthalma arota
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Velvet Ant - Sphaeropthalma arota - female
Copyright © 2012 Derek Uhey

Velvet Ant - Sphaeropthalma arota - Female
Big Gypsum Valley near Slickrock Colorado and Utah border, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
June 22, 2012
Size: 6mm
Sphaeropthalma arota --det. J.P. Pitts

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Velvet Ant - Sphaeropthalma arota - female Velvet Ant - Sphaeropthalma arota - female Velvet Ant - Sphaeropthalma arota - female
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Contributed by Derek Uhey on 12 September, 2012 - 1:05am
Last updated 18 November, 2012 - 6:43pm

Moved
Moved from Velvet Ants.
… v belov, 18 November, 2012 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 19 September, 2012 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

 
Sphaeropthalma arota Det. by Dr. Pitts
Female
… Derek Uhey, 18 November, 2012 - 2:04am login or register to post comments

 
sweet!!
where you have a reliable ID, feel free to move pics to the guide.
also, the conventional format of the 'det.' notation is "det. J.J. Doe" [just initials and last name, no 'Dr.' or 'by']
… v belov, 18 November, 2012 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

 
cool thanks for the info!
I'll move the other arota too then
… Derek Uhey, 18 November, 2012 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

 
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… Derek Uhey, 1 October, 2012 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

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