- ant"
being applied to the
species Dasymutilla occidentalis. However,
mutillids are not
aggressive and
sting only in defense. In addition, the actual...
-
genus Dasymutilla. Only
females are wingless, as in
other mutillids.
Compared to
other mutillids, it is mid-sized,
being larger than some of the smallest...
- Like
other mutillids,
during mating the
males are
presumed to lift
females and
proceed to mate
while airborne.
After mating, the
female mutillid enters an...
- black. It is one of the
species of
jumping spiders that are
mimics of
mutillid wasps in the
genus Dasymutilla (commonly
known as "velvet ants"); several...
-
Pappognatha is a
genus of
mutillid wasps. Some
members of this
genus are ant
mimics (e.g.,
Pappognatha myrmiciformis closely resembles the ant species...
- jumper. It is one of the
species of
jumping spiders which are
mimics of
mutillid wasps in the
genus Dasymutilla (commonly
known as "velvet ants"); several...
- Mutillidae, and in the same superfamily, but
sister taxon to Sapygidae. As in
mutillids,
females are flightless, and are
kleptoparasites in the
nests of fossorial...
-
parasitism by
mutillid wasps (Sphinctopsis sp.) have been do****ented in
Augochloropsis iris nests.
While guards appear to
deter invasion by
mutillid wasps, they...
- color. It is one of the
species of
jumping spiders which are
mimics of
mutillid wasps (commonly
known as "velvet ants");
several species of
these wasps...
- whitmani). It is one of the
species of
jumping spiders which are
mimics of
mutillid wasps in the
genus Dasymutilla (commonly
known as "velvet ants"); several...