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| Query: dasymutilla magnifica | Result: 1st of 2 | |
Velvet ant, family Mutillidae
| Subject: | Velvet ant, family Mutillidae
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| Resolution: 692x742
File Size: 90019 Bytes
Date: 2005:08:28 10:39:33
Camera: DSC-P200 (SONY)
F number: f/2.8
Exposure: 10/2000 sec
Focal Length: 237/10
Upload Date: 2007:09:06 23:39:06
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Velvet ant, family Mutillidae
Description Velvet ant
Source Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinsaff/43125980/
Date Aug 28, 2005
Author Kevin Staff
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Velvet_ant.jpg
Velvet ants are popularly known as "cow killers", but this is a fanciful name; they cannot kill animals as large as cows. There are hundreds of species: two of the most well-known are Dasymutilla occidentalis in the eastern USA, and Dasymutilla magnifica, in the western USA.
Note that velvet ants are not ants proper: that is, they are not members of the ant family Formicidae, but are actually wingless wasps in the family Mutillidae. |
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