Velvet ant, family Mutillidae

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.


Image Info		Original File Name: Velvet_ant-Mutillidae.jpg 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 Time: 2007:09:06 23:39:06
Author		Name (E-mail): Unknown
Subject		Velvet ant, family Mutillidae


Description		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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