Dasymutilla is a wasp genus belonging to the family Mutillidae. Their larvae are external parasites to various types of ground-nesting Hymenoptera. Members of this genus are highly variable in sting intensity, ranging from a 1 (D. thetis) to a 3 (D. klugii) in the Schmidt sting pain index.[1]
^Schmidt, Justin (2016). The Sting of the Wild. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-1929-9.
Dasymutilla occidentalis (red velvet ant, eastern velvet ant, cow ant or cow killer) is a species of parasitoid wasp that can be found worldwide but are...
Dasymutilla is a wasp genus belonging to the family Mutillidae. Their larvae are external parasites to various types of ground-nesting Hymenoptera. Members...
Dasymutilla gloriosa, sometimes referred to as the thistledown velvet ant, is a member of the genus Dasymutilla. Only females are wingless, as in other...
Dasymutilla aureola is a species of velvet ant in the family Mutillidae, found in the western United States. "Dasymutilla aureola species Information"...
Dasymutilla quadriguttata is a species of velvet ant in the family Mutillidae. "Dasymutilla quadriguttata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved...
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)...
Dasymutilla eminentia is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Mutillidae. Members of this family of wasps are often mistaken for true ants, especially...
species of jumping spiders that are mimics of mutillid wasps in the genus Dasymutilla (commonly known as "velvet ants"); several species of these wasps are...
This wasp is frequently attacked by the parasitic "velvet ant" wasp, Dasymutilla occidentalis, also known as the "cow-killer" wasp. It lays an egg in...
species of jumping spiders which are mimics of mutillid wasps in the genus Dasymutilla (commonly known as "velvet ants"); several species of these wasps are...
or exposing eyespots. Velvet ants (actually parasitic wasps) such as Dasymutilla occidentalis both have bright colors and produce audible noises when...
species of jumping spiders which are mimics of mutillid wasps in the genus Dasymutilla (commonly known as "velvet ants"); several species of these wasps are...
iridescent green. It is thought they are mimics of the western velvet ant Dasymutilla flammifera or the Mutillidae family as a whole, both mimicking their...
species in the genus Brycinus D. nigricauda Dasymutilla nigricauda, a wasp species in the genus Dasymutilla E. nigricauda Enneapterygius nigricauda, Fricke...
André, 1896 g Darditilla Casal, 1965 g Dasylabris Radoszkowski, 1885 g Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899 i c g b Dentilla Lelej, 1980 g Dentotilla g Dilophotopsis...
in Hernando County, and the Orlando Ridge in Orange County. The wasp Dasymutilla archboldi has been found on the Lake Wales Ridge in Hignlands and Polk...
carolina), eastern cicada killer (Sphecius speciosus), red velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) and red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). Odonata:...
haematodus Formica foetida – Pachycondyla foetida Mutilla occidentalis – Dasymutilla occidentalis Mutilla americana – Traumatomutilla americana Mutilla indica...
(Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from central Texas, with description of the larva of Dasymutilla scaevola (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological...
Holt also provided the United States National Museum an example of a Dasymutilla Pseudopappas mutillidae wasp, taken in the Mesilla Valley of New Mexico...
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