Magnificent Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla magnifica

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Mutillidae

Dasymutilla magnifica, also known as the magnificent velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant found in Mojave and Sonoran deserts, and in the Arizona mountains, in the Great Basin region of North America. Field identification of this species is difficult because it is very similar in size and coloration to Dasymutilla klugii, which has a partially overlapping range.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 440Mexico · 32

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionDasymutilla magnifica, Wikipedia contributors

Magnificent Velvet Ant

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