Dasymutilla aureola

Dasymutilla aureola
Dasymutilla aureola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Mutillidae
Genus: Dasymutilla
Species:
D. aureola
Binomial name
Dasymutilla aureola
(Cresson, 1865)

Dasymutilla aureola, also known as the Pacific velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant in the family Mutillidae, found in the western United States. It has a large, square-shaped head and red, yellow, or orange hair.

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