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Sacken's Velvet Ant
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Sacken's Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla sackenii

Dasymutilla sackenii, also known as Sacken's velvet ant, is a species of velvet ant, actually a type of wasp. It is found in Oregon, California, Nevada, Baja California, and Baja California Sur.: 399 As with most velvet ants, the males have wings and the females are wingless. The females of this species have cream-colored fuzz (setae) on their backs and black fuzz on their ventral side and legs.: 399 D. sackenii is most commonly observed May through October;...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83412.