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	 Dasymutilla occidentalis (red velvet ant, eastern velvet ant)
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| Subject: | Dasymutilla occidentalis (red velvet ant, eastern velvet ant) 
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^o^| Female Dasymutilla occidentalis.
 
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 English: Female Dasymutilla occidentalis.
 Date	21 August 2014, 05:20:19
 Source	http://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/14995049675/
 Author	Judy Gallagher https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/
 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dasymutilla_occidentalis_(female).jpg
 
 Dasymutilla occidentalis (red velvet ant or eastern velvet ant), is a species of parasitoid wasp native to the eastern United States. It is commonly mistaken for a member of the true ant family, as the female is wingless. The species ranges from Connecticut to Missouri in the north and Florida to Texas in the south. Other common names include cow ant and cow killer. Order:	Hymenoptera, Suborder:	Apocrita, Superfamily:	Vespoidea, Family:	Mutillidae, Subfamily:	Sphaeropthalminae, Genus:	Dasymutilla, Species:	Dasymutilla occidentalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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