Dasymutilla gloriosa

Dasymutilla gloriosa
Thistledown Velvet Ant
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Mutillidae
Subfamily: Sphaeropthalminae
Genus: Dasymutilla
Species: D. gloriosa
Binomial name
Dasymutilla gloriosa

The Thistledown Velvet Ant is a member of the Dasymutilla genus. The female is flightless while the male retains its wings. It ranges from Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and south into Mexico.

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