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Dasymutilla is a wasp
genus belonging to the
family Mutillidae.
Their larvae are
external parasites to
various types of ground-nesting Hymenoptera. Most...
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Dasymutilla occidentalis (red
velvet ant,
eastern velvet ant, cow ant or cow killer) is a
species of
parasitoid wasp that
ranges from
Connecticut to Kansas...
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Dasymutilla gloriosa,
sometimes referred to as the
thistledown velvet ant, is a
member of the
genus Dasymutilla. Only
females are wingless, as in other...
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Dasymutilla coccineohirta is a
species of
velvet ant
found in
North America.
Coloration on the
females is variant,
ranging from red to white. It is found...
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known for
their extremely painful stings, (the
sting of the
species Dasymutilla klugii rated a 3 on the
Schmidt pain
index and
lasts up to 30 minutes)...
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Dasymutilla klugii, also
known as Klug's
velvet ant, is a
species of
velvet ant.
Found in south-central
North America from Utah to Puebla, it is the most...
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Dasymutilla foxi is a
species of
velvet ant
found in
Mexico and the
southwestern United States.
Dasymutilla foxi is
locally common, and "setal coloration...
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Dasymutilla aureola, also
known as the
Pacific velvet ant, is a
species of
velvet ant in the
family Mutillidae,
found in the
western United States. "Dasymutilla...
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Dasymutilla bioculata is a
species of
velvet ant
found in south-central
North America,
between roughly between the
southern border of
South Dakota and...
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Dasymutilla satanas, also
known as Satan's
velvet ant, is a
species of
velvet ant
found in the
deserts of the
Great Basin region of
North America. The...
