A female Dasymutilla bioculata in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/29/2014). Determined by George Waldren/BugGuide.
A Dasymutilla bioculata in Dorchester Co., Maryland (10/3/2019). Determined by George Waldren/BugGuide.
Dasymutilla bioculata in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/21/2015). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Dasymutilla bioculata in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/17/2021). (c) Benjamin Schwartz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Dasymutilla bioculata in Worcester Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
Dasymutilla bioculata in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/21/2015). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A female Dasymutilla bioculata in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/29/2014). Determined by George Waldren/BugGuide.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Dasymutilla bioculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mutillidae |
| Genus: | Dasymutilla |
| Species: | D. bioculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasymutilla bioculata Cresson, 1865
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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 the northern border of Zacatecas.[1] The specific name comes from the "two orange spots" on the second terga in males.[1]: 67 Velvet ants are actually a type of parasitic wasp; Dasymutilla bioculata females lays their eggs inside the cocoons of other wasps.[2] Males of this species are very difficult to visually distinguish from Dasymutilla quadriguttata and Dasymutilla vesta males.[3] This species has 21 binonimal synonyms.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Williams, Kevin; Pan, Aaron D.; Wilson, Joseph S. (2024). Velvet Ants of North America. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. doi:10.1515/9780691253763. ISBN 978-0-691-25376-3. LCCN 2023007206. OCLC 1376195396.
- ^ Smith, Lloyd Mason (1941-09-12). "Hammada, from the Director of the Desert Museum - Guest column: 'Velvet Ants' by Prof. Clarence E. Mickel". The Desert Sun. Vol. XV, no. 7. Palm Springs, California. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-08-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Species Dasymutilla bioculata". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
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