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InsectIdentification > Insect Description

Red Velvet Ant

Characteristics: Although they look like ants, Velvet ants are acutally hairy wasps! They scurry about the ground like ants and carry a painful sting.

Males can fly, but females are wingless. Adults drink nectar.

General Adult Size (Length):
18mm to 21mm (0.71in to 0.83in)

Identifying Colors: black; red

North American reach includes (may not be limited to): Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico

Category: Bee, Ant, Wasp and Similar
Common Name: Red Velvet Ant
Scientific Name: (Dasymutilla magnifica)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
   Class: Insecta
    Order: Hymenoptera
     Family: Mutillidae
      Genus: Dasymutilla
       Species: magnifica

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Courtesy of Erik G. from Sedona, AZ

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