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Velvet Ant / Wingless Wasp

Dasymutilla magnifica

Photo by LuisStevens
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Field Notes

Description:

Velvet Ant is not an ant, it is a Wingless Wasp. The females don't have wings.

Habitat:

Sand beach of a river.

Reference Links:

dasymutilla magnifica - Dasymutilla magnifica - BugGuide.Net

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